β² 118 βΌ Real love doesn't begin with the body. It begins with the soul (files.catbox.moe) submitted 1 week ago by Picasso@sh.itjust.works to c/Couplememes@sh.itjust.works 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments π 1
[+] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world -9 points 1 week ago (13 children) There is no such thing as a soul permalink fedilink source hideshow 13 child comments replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (4 children) There are such things as metaphors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (3 children) And for what would the soul be a metaphor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children) A person's total self. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 child) As far as any repeatable experiment has been able to tell us, that's just the body though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago Indeed. And when we say of a strong person that they are an ox, we don't pretend they have cow DNA. permalink fedilink source parent [β] potter297@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (7 children) Cause you donβt believe in one or cause you have yet to see proof of one? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (3 children) If there is no proof then it's no different than a fantasy. The entire concept of a soul is a desire for personhood to be immortal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) I don't believe in souls either but things' unproveness or even unprovability is not a synonym to non-existence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is synonymous with fantasy though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Not necessarily, no. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Pronell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago In my case both, but I am an atheist who believes that this world and this life is all that we have and can prove exists. I am agnostic enough to admit that could be wrong, and underlying this is that existing forever, even in paradise, sounds terrifying to me. permalink fedilink source parent [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) As of yet no-one has even been able to tell me what a soul is supposed to be. So I guess both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] potter297@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago Iβm definitely getting nit-picky, but Iβm seeing a lot of definitions for what a soul is (from an Ecosia search), and one definition I like is βan individual person.β I generally think of a soul as someoneβs consciousness, which to me means that all life has souls. But I have been called a hippie before π permalink fedilink source parent
[β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (4 children) There are such things as metaphors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (3 children) And for what would the soul be a metaphor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children) A person's total self. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 child) As far as any repeatable experiment has been able to tell us, that's just the body though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago Indeed. And when we say of a strong person that they are an ox, we don't pretend they have cow DNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (3 children) And for what would the soul be a metaphor? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children) A person's total self. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 child) As far as any repeatable experiment has been able to tell us, that's just the body though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago Indeed. And when we say of a strong person that they are an ox, we don't pretend they have cow DNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (2 children) A person's total self. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 child) As far as any repeatable experiment has been able to tell us, that's just the body though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago Indeed. And when we say of a strong person that they are an ox, we don't pretend they have cow DNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 child) As far as any repeatable experiment has been able to tell us, that's just the body though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago Indeed. And when we say of a strong person that they are an ox, we don't pretend they have cow DNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago Indeed. And when we say of a strong person that they are an ox, we don't pretend they have cow DNA. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] potter297@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (7 children) Cause you donβt believe in one or cause you have yet to see proof of one? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (3 children) If there is no proof then it's no different than a fantasy. The entire concept of a soul is a desire for personhood to be immortal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) I don't believe in souls either but things' unproveness or even unprovability is not a synonym to non-existence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is synonymous with fantasy though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Not necessarily, no. permalink fedilink source parent [β] Pronell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago In my case both, but I am an atheist who believes that this world and this life is all that we have and can prove exists. I am agnostic enough to admit that could be wrong, and underlying this is that existing forever, even in paradise, sounds terrifying to me. permalink fedilink source parent [β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) As of yet no-one has even been able to tell me what a soul is supposed to be. So I guess both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] potter297@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago Iβm definitely getting nit-picky, but Iβm seeing a lot of definitions for what a soul is (from an Ecosia search), and one definition I like is βan individual person.β I generally think of a soul as someoneβs consciousness, which to me means that all life has souls. But I have been called a hippie before π permalink fedilink source parent
[β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (3 children) If there is no proof then it's no different than a fantasy. The entire concept of a soul is a desire for personhood to be immortal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) I don't believe in souls either but things' unproveness or even unprovability is not a synonym to non-existence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is synonymous with fantasy though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Not necessarily, no. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) I don't believe in souls either but things' unproveness or even unprovability is not a synonym to non-existence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is synonymous with fantasy though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Not necessarily, no. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) It is synonymous with fantasy though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Not necessarily, no. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Not necessarily, no. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Pronell@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago In my case both, but I am an atheist who believes that this world and this life is all that we have and can prove exists. I am agnostic enough to admit that could be wrong, and underlying this is that existing forever, even in paradise, sounds terrifying to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) As of yet no-one has even been able to tell me what a soul is supposed to be. So I guess both. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [β] potter297@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago Iβm definitely getting nit-picky, but Iβm seeing a lot of definitions for what a soul is (from an Ecosia search), and one definition I like is βan individual person.β I generally think of a soul as someoneβs consciousness, which to me means that all life has souls. But I have been called a hippie before π permalink fedilink source parent
[β] potter297@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago Iβm definitely getting nit-picky, but Iβm seeing a lot of definitions for what a soul is (from an Ecosia search), and one definition I like is βan individual person.β I generally think of a soul as someoneβs consciousness, which to me means that all life has souls. But I have been called a hippie before π permalink fedilink source parent
