Do you find one of J. P. Moreland's arguments most persuasive, or is there a different argument that philosophers need to put at the top of their list?
Our body is only an envelope, while the soul is the vital breath of every entity endowed with life. It is solely the Creator's responsibility, so it seems to me as a believer to submit to this foundation without losing myself in philosophical thought. Cela conforte bien une de mes citations:"If my spirit be intoxicated by his attributes, He will guide me to save my soul. If it is that of the devil, I would be the prey of the flames".
Really very difficult question, but I think that our daily activity along our life like: love, emotional feelings, anger, hunger, relationships with our family members and colleagues, ..etc are best examples for existence of the soul.
Our body is only an envelope, while the soul is the vital breath of every entity endowed with life. It is solely the Creator's responsibility, so it seems to me as a believer to submit to this foundation without losing myself in philosophical thought. Cela conforte bien une de mes citations:"If my spirit be intoxicated by his attributes, He will guide me to save my soul. If it is that of the devil, I would be the prey of the flames".
All spiritual, material and religious evidence points to the existence of the Spirit, and we need only to believe it and depart from sterile philosophy.
Sorry, I can not help with this one. I do not believe people have souls. But I do respect everyone who does. No problem at all. My wife is extremely religious and we have had no arguments about it or any other religious matter.
There is a soul. Ironically, it was the skeptical world of science that has helped prove the theological doctrine of the spiritual world. The moment of astral disembodiment in which the energy of the soul leaves the body has been captured by legendary Russian scientist, Konstantin Korotkov. A bio-electrographic camera was utilized to photograph an individual at the exact time of death. Using the gas discharge visualization method, an advanced technique of Kirlian photography shows the life force of the person leaving the body gradually.
According to Korotkov, the navel, and the head, are the parts of the body to first lose their life force, or rather, their soul. The groin and the heart are the last two areas of the body where the spirit resides before finally heading on to the great unknown. Korotkov has speculated that "the soul"
of those who suffer a violent and unexpected death, may manifest itself in a state of confusion in your power settings and return to the body in the days post death. Although this is a frightening notion, the surplus of unused energy must find a home before it can gradually enter the energy fields that surround us.
Korotkov says that this energy imaging technique could be used to watch all kinds of imbalances biophysical and diagnose in real time and also to show if a person does have psychic powers or is a fraud. The SyFy channel show, Ghost Hunters, employs similar equipment for determining the validity of paranormal activity.
This technique, which measures real-time and stimulated radiation amplified by the electromagnetic field, is a more advanced version of the technology developed for measuring Semyon Kirlian aura. Korotkov's observations confirm, as originally proposed by Kirili, that "stimulated electrophonic light around the tips of the fingers of the human being contains a coherent and comprehensive statement of a person, both physically and psychologically."
These mechanisms allow the measurement of a person's bioenergy field as it changes when someone else directs his attention although it is backwards and not consciously perceived. Even the CIA has been rumoured to covertly use these techniques in long term surveillance operations.",...
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" ‘The soul hypothesis’ (the belief that souls exist and humans have them) enjoys near unanimous support in the general population. Among philosophe rs and scientists however, belief in the soul is far less common. The purpose of this essay to explain why many philosophers and scientists reject the soul hypothesis and to consider what the non-existence of the soul would entail." by David Kyle Johnson
This article available at: http://staff.kings.edu/davidjohnson/Do%20Souls%20Exist%20v1.6.1%20(Final).pdf
From a phenomenological perspective, the conscious perception of our existence, including mine; and the spark that animates our vitality (Spirit), is proof enough for me, of the existence of the Soul.
I should think that the "best" argument for the existence of a soul, or the most honest one anyway, is that we all want to believe there's something after our physical body gives up. Otherwise, it's one of those words, much like "spririt," that probably means many different things to different people.
Even without references to life after physical death, it's not too difficult to make the case that even in inanimate objects, there's something beyond the physical object. Anyone who uses a personal computer, for instance, can see that the apps that run on that piece of hardware in sense transcend the computer itself. There's someone's vision and imagination involved when you use an app, which has really nothing to do with the hardware. This ephemeral quality needs a name. Or even more simply, the story written in a book transcends the ink, paper, and binding. So, we give that a name, in the case of human beings, and we call that spirit, or soul, or "heart," or any number of other names.