The brain death criterion and the soul

[greylorn]

No - the Church does not teach that the soul is created at conception, it leaves the question open (wisely). time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923637,00.html
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Found this after my previous post, and read it.

Time Magazine is a notorious liberal rag, not to be trusted for all the news, or on any opinion piece, as this clearly is.

You might want to pay attention to the first sponsor, The Official Barack Obama Website. Why do you trust material sponsored by such an egregious liar, and his henchmen?

 

[greylorn]

greylorn:

Perhaps you can understand why I am surprised that someone with a knowledge of physics would not seek to integrate every tiny bit of this knowledge with his understanding of God, rather than to accept at face value the opinions of men who knew nothing whatsoever of physics and imagined the earth the be at the center of the universe.

Trevor,
You wrote,
“It’s just I find using mechanical style of arguments to be open to accept impersonal causation and processes. I love the sciences, and applaud all who study them and try and use them to prove God. But as a (wannabe) philosopher, just very particular about what and which arguments to use.”

Greylorn’s First Law of Responses to Troublesome Questions states: “The first reason is caca.”

Out of curiosity, what’s your second reason?

Pinky swear, I’ll buy it and will focus on the method.

When I was a kid, I had to swear by blood. After awhile I learned that a razor blade cut on the fat part of the palm, beneath the pinky, didn’t bleed too much and healed up rapidly. But that’s probably not what you meant my “Pinky swear.” I’ll trust it anyway, and expect you to take good care of your pinkies.