Comments | xiphias: I can't remember if I've ever posted this before. I probably have.

xiphias

I can't remember if I've ever posted this before. I probably have.

Apr 19, 2007 11:58

Someone posted to weirdjews asking 1) if animals have souls, and 2) how wanting the body to decompose is compatible with a belief in bodily resurrection.

I think I've posted these theories before, but I can't remember. Oh, well -- if I have, that's what cut tags are for.
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philosophy, best of, judaism, religion

Comments 5

ewtikins April 19 2007, 17:40:58 UTC

This made me smile.

Thank you.

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xiphias April 19 2007, 17:57:32 UTC

If a religious teaching doesn't have SOMETHING useful in it for people who don't believe in it (even if that thing is purely academic interest), it's kind of a useless teaching, isn't it?

rebmommy April 20 2007, 15:48:33 UTC

Very fascinating post - you are very thoughtful about a subject in which I didn't know you had an interest. Where did you get your information. I am especially wondering about the info on levels of soul, tamei and tahara. You are so precious to me - it is wonderful to know that even after 33 years, I still get to know deeper parts of you.

rubynye April 20 2007, 22:04:48 UTC

Now with 50% less vapidity, I hope...

So, as I said before, this is a beautiful explanation. Part of what impressed me is how, for lack of a better word, interdisciplinary it is. Science, religion, and philosophy all intertwined.

Sometimes, I really think knowing you helps keep me from becoming an atheist.

xiphias April 21 2007, 00:27:13 UTC

Well, the important question is: does it shed any light or offer any useful insights on how we exist, how animals exist, or how we should consider things?

I hope that, even if one doesn't believe in the existence of a soul, there is stuff in this that is useful in how we think about personality and self.