Evolution

[Guadalupe]

Curious, if humans were to have evolve from something other than being created from God, from what point in time, during our evolution, did we receive our souls?

[Queso]

there is no scientifical evidence for the soul.

by soul i believe you mean conciousness.

conciousness is relatively new in our history.

 

here is a quote from another thread:

soul.

 

let's say the eye was an organism all by itself. everything the eye does revolves around sight. therefore, the eye's soul would be sight.

 

i like to think that music is my soul, i am constantly counting in my head, and tapping with my fingers when i'm not directly listening to it. i find music in senses that are not auditory, and it is my true passion. what i love.

 

if we work with/at our souls, they will live on through LEGACY. NOT AFTERLIFE.

after-life is pureply metaphorical.

yes, this is my opinion. but i believe it was aristotle who said the eye/soul analogy.

[Queso]

oh and p.s. since the soul is not a translucent entity that arises from our dead bodies and transports our legacy to a place called heaven, it is also not something that we RECEIVED. conciousness evolved. we still are.

[Guadalupe]

Thanks for the update orbsycli. I’ll rephrase.

 

So, if humans were to have evolve from something other than being created from God, from what point in time, during our evolution, did we receive our consciousness?

[Guadalupe]

there is no scientifical evidence for the soul.

by soul i believe you mean conciousness.

conciousness is relatively new in our history.

 

here is a quote from another thread:

 

 

O.K. So, from where did our conciousness come from?

[Queso]

well it seems to me that it wasn't too long ago (in our history)

we just started logging time 2000 years ago....

we drew in caves thousands of years before that....(i don't know exactly how long)

my guess is, it was a slow evolution. it didn't just appear in someones mind one day.

it took millions of years for us to be able to think the way we do today.

our minds are still evolving. who knows what's next, eh?

[Queso]

conciousness occured through millions of years of evolution. pretty amazing isn't it?

[Guadalupe]

conciousness occured through millions of years of evolution. pretty amazing isn't it?

 

Ha! Ha! Yeah! Pretty amazing. Thanks orbsycli.

[Queso]

sorry i couldn't be of more help with the facts, i am sure more members will give you a lot more detailed information. that was just the basics. but hey, anytime.

[Boerseun]

Do you mean with consciousness the "inner voice", or the fact that you can recognize yourself in a mirror - be "aware" of you own existence?

 

In my opinion, I have to agree with orby that consciousness evolved to be what it is because there must be some benefit in it. Maybe self-preservation has something to do with it. But we're not alone in that regard. I'm sure dogs and apes and quite a lot of other animals are "aware" of their existence, in which case they'd also qualify to have a "soul", not?

[Queso]

yep. and hypothetically, if they did have "souls" do they have a heaven too?

that is what i thought about in third grade and from that moment on i didn't believe in god.

[Guadalupe]

oh and p.s. since the soul is not a translucent entity that arises from our dead bodies and transports our legacy to a place called heaven, it is also not something that we RECEIVED. conciousness evolved. we still are.

 

O.K. But, from where did this conciousness evolve from?

[niviene]

O.K. But, from where did this conciousness evolve from?

 

Do you know how evolution works? Over millions of years our brains evolved... I would argue that some of us are more conscious than others....

[Guadalupe]

Do you know how evolution works? Over millions of years our brains evolved... I would argue that some of us are more conscious than others....

 

Hi niviene. It has been argued, “Evolution vs Creation”. Sounds very much like the chicken or the egg story. But, what if evolution was indeed created? Would this mean that the "Creation" came first?

[niviene]

Hi, Guadalupe. :hihi: Everything is possible; however, some things are more probable than others, depending on your methods of reason. It is possible that creation alone is true; it is possible that evolution is true; and it is possible that a combination of the two is true. I lean towards the latter, but it's important to keep an open mind and consider all possibilities. Religion is a person choice, and what you believe is obviously very important to you - all that matters is what seems right to you.

[Erasmus00]

Hi niviene. It has been argued, “Evolution vs Creation”. Sounds very much like the chicken or the egg story. But, what if evolution was indeed created? Would this mean that the "Creation" came first?

 

Yes. One could rectify evolution with christian concepts of creation simply by saying "the way God created everything was through evolution." Thats all fine and dandy. There is, in fact, no way to argue away the possibility of an omnipotent entity beyond perception.

-Will

[Boerseun]

...There is, in fact, no way to argue away the possibility of an omnipotent entity beyond perception.

-Will

Not quite - consider:

 

1) God created everything.

2) 'Everything' includes not only matter, but space as well.

3) Nothing can exist outside of space.

4) Therefore, God, if He/She (I prefer 'It', the only reason God will have a sexual description, would be if there was a 'Godess' as well) exists, it would have to be in space.

5) Being omnipotent implies, by the very nature of the word, having infinite energy at your disposal.

6) The only thing with infinite energy (not quite, but the closest to) in the universe, is the universe itself.

7) Therefore, God is the universe, and the universe is God. They are inseperable.

8) Therefore, we as humans, are actually little bits of God. We might be God's brain, seeing as we are bits of the universe that can question the nature of the universe.

9) Then again, looking at Dubya, we might be somewhere close to the ultimate end of the digestive tract.

 

The point is, if there's an omnipotent being, we MUST be part of it, due to the very nature of the word.