What's a soul?

[Master_of_the_Faster]

Originally Posted by Kilroy_x

What dream is this?

Well I can understand that you may have not clearly understood that living for ever is one of my goals, but I tried to imply that the second sentence was linked with the first.

Originally Posted by Kilroy_x

You're arguing that advancement of human progress will ultimately lead to our ability to create an artificial paradise, rendering concerns about the human soul irrelevant? Well maybe, but that still doesn't mean there might not be truth or falsity about any given claim made about the soul. It just means the demand for such finding out through such deliberation has been supplanted by an alternate demand which is preferred because it is attainable.

As for this, I simply outlined a hypothetical scenario and I didn't flat out say that we Can do this, it's simply a belief and a goal for me that humans can find a way to live for ever. Dreams don't always come true (even in the sense that they might be false and unobtainable). Also, if my scenario ever came true, I would indeed try to look for if souls and religions had any truth in them, but only if it didn't cause any harm to others.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that humans shouldn't be worried too much about these types of matters in the short span of life that we have unless we have any type of evidence (relevant that is). I mean if you lived in my scenario, you would live for eternity and wouldn't have to worry about death so you would have more time to spend (possibly finding out the secrets of a soul and religion). The word soul itself is just as manmade and unexplainable as the definition of a god so I see no point in persuing these unless you have evidence.