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Old 03-15-2006, 07:02 PM
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How many souls does a human chimera have? The easy answer is none (my belief). I believe think one or two, why?
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Old 03-15-2006, 09:25 PM
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what is a human chimera?

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Old 03-15-2006, 09:43 PM
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what is a human chimera?

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My guess is this is the definition the OP is going by:

"One who has received a transplant of genetically and immunologically different tissue."
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Old 03-16-2006, 02:31 AM
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One
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Old 03-16-2006, 04:20 AM
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Default Re: how many souls?

Zero of course. There is no evidence that souls exist, i.e. that consciousness is something more then just a result of interactions between the material components of a brain and the brain's interactions with its environment.

Unless of course you would count the "personal incredulity argument" as evidence. ("I don't see how a bunch of interacting particles could ever be conscious").

Even if you believe that there is such a thing as a soul, it makes no sense to believe that there would be two of them in a body that has been the recipient of a kidney transplant or a blood transfusion. Would that mean that the donor now has none?
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Old 03-16-2006, 05:10 AM
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I thought the belief was that the body is in fact a shell and the soul is only freed once you die. So why would it be in yr kidney?
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Old 03-16-2006, 07:04 AM
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Old 03-16-2006, 07:08 AM
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0 < numberOfSouls < 1

In honour of diebitter, 0.42 seems to be the correct answer.
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Old 03-16-2006, 07:41 AM
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I thought the belief was that the body is in fact a shell and the soul is only freed once you die. So why would it be in yr kidney?

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My turds have souls too... makes me cry every time I flush.
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Old 03-16-2006, 07:41 AM
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How many souls does a human chimera have? The easy answer is none (my belief). I believe think one or two, why?

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Is this just a religous version of the problem of personal identity?

If souls exists then:
1 person, 1 soul
same person, same soul

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