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Weighing the soul.

Publication: American Atheist Magazine
Publication Date: 22-MAR-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Some while ago, I had a delightful argument with a Presbyterian preacher about the concept of soul. I had just explained to him that the idea of a spirit or soul was a result of the fact that the ancients thought breath to be the factor giving life to a body, and that word such as spirit, and...

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...ghost, soul originally meant 'breath' or 'breeze' or 'wind.' "Ah!" said the preacher, "haven't you heard about the scientist who weighed the soul leaving the...

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