Soul

Neck bones, chitlins, collard greens, and sweet potato pie? {I find the above quite amusing, and I probably find self-described (I believe) "old fart" Corygyps generally to often be quite amusing, but this little quip is off-theme for this topic. If anyone replies to this quip, it should be a side comment to a reply to the following material. As most always, no replies to this moderator message, unless you wish to risk a 24 hour (or possibly longer) suspension. - Adminnemooseus}And we can add to your questions ones like do chimpanzees have souls? Do anencephalic babies? How about human gastrulae that have no nervous tissue yet, let alone brains?Talking about something for which no evidence exists, like "souls," seems rather futile to me. Though I'll admit I bought into that stuff for many years.Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Blue blocked text.

So, given that human brains, chimpanzee brains, lemur brains, and naked mole-rat brains all function physically and electrochemically in very much the same fashion, are you willing to extend the concept of a "soul" to those critters, too? If not, why not? Is there some requirement that your prefrontal cortex must be this big before you get ensouled? If so, where does that leave two-pound preemie babies?