Whats a soul for?

[Dancing David]

I posted this question back in the bad old days before the internet and got a good response. Those of you on PLATO , hush!

If we have immortal souls we know one thing. They are not like anything here on earth. So what use would they have , why would there be souls?

Theory One: The Moo Cow Theory

Souls are food for ultra advanced and impossible to detect beings. They put souls into us just to fatten them up and then they eat them.

Peace

 

[kourama]

PPPPPT!

Souls are so you can play blues music properly.

duh!

next question.

 

[Checkmite]

For the bottoms of your shews.

 

[michaellee]

The Jackson Five - Michael

 

[justsaygnosis]

Another soul,consciousness, paranormal thread?
Where has the flame gone to when the fuel runs out for the fire?

 

[evildave]

To give Christians something to burn in Hell.

 

[Checkmite]

Where has the flame gone to when the fuel runs out for the fire?

I don't know; ask the fuel when it gets back.

 

[EdipisReks]

for use when you are in a dainty situation but all out of toilet paper.

 

[c4ts]

I have a better question: what's a soul?

 

[evildave]

As I said, something for a Christian to burn In Hell.

 

[Yahzi]

That's a good question. Given that they are defined to be something other than anything we know about, of what possible use are they?

It's like the new-ager who believes in reincarnation, but believes that all your memorys are left behind. What, exactly, is passed on?

If a soul isn't me, then what use is it? And if I am a soul, then what use is my brain?

 

[Ladewig]

What the heck, I'll play.

You have the question backwards. It should be, "why do souls have us?" The answer, of course, is to learn specific lessons before returning to soul-land.

 

[Upchurch]

Souls are so you can play blues music properly.

Also so one can dance. Which is qualitative proof that souls exist and that black people have more of it then white people, especially the male of the species.

It seems to me there must be a way to quantify how much soul a person has based on their dancing and/or music playing ability. Maybe an Soul Quotant (SQ) of some kind?

 

[whitefork]

I prefer "spirit" to "soul" for the simple reason that "spirit" is releated to the breath, and that breath is a sign of life.

Dum Spiro Spero, as they say in South Carolina.

"Soul" is supposedly related to "secular" - from Dictionary.com

\Soul\, n. [OE. soule, saule, AS. s[=a]wel, s[=a]wl; akin to OFries. s?le, OS. s?ola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. s?la, s?ula, Icel. s[=a]la, Sw. sj["a]l, Dan. si[ae]l, Goth. saiwala; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to L. saeculum a lifetime, age (cf. Secular.)]

Which is funny if true - Spiritual and Secular coming from the same root, not unlike Catholic = parochial (universal = local)

But I digress.

 

[INRM]

I posted this question back in the bad old days before the internet and got a good response. Those of you on PLATO , hush!

If we have immortal souls we know one thing. They are not like anything here on earth. So what use would they have , why would there be souls?

Theory One: The Moo Cow Theory

Souls are food for ultra advanced and impossible to detect beings. They put souls into us just to fatten them up and then they eat them.

Peace

"How to Serve Man",

-INRM