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Very interesting post, makes a lot of sense as well. Although this list mostly applies to animals (including humans), considering sheath 3 and 4 seem less likelly in plant, moneras, ect. Can you explain Sheath 5 a bit more though? So you actually get to choose your next body huh? Is there a set...

Some animals such as higher up mammals definatley do seem to have some grasp of right or wrong. Chimpanzees have even killed other chimps for a reason similar to murder, so I can see some sort of human-like perception and awareness, although it is not nearly as advanced as a human. Of course it...

In relation to religion, isn't it a little contradicting to say that robots can program themselves? Doesn't God or Nature program us? The programing language can be just as complicated as DNA;). At the moment we can create and simulate neorons of living things but it costs too much money to...

I was born in a Christian family (protestant father, catholic mother) but now I am far from being a typical Christian. I do have a lot of respect for at least Jesus and do believe he has some divinity, but not in the Christian way. Anyways in my early teens I pretty much became a complete...

I believe I guess sort of what you believe. We are all animals, but of course humans are a higher up animal. What I am not sure about is whether a human soul is the same as, for example, an ant's soul. Obviously if you kill an ant its nothing compared to even killing a dog. But what doesn't make...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1811332,00.html Could this be considered the beginning of the end:eek:?

Actually historians have found some contradiction, at least a few in the gospels. According to Mathew Jesus had his sermon on the mount while in Luke it claims that he came down from the mount onto a flat land for the sermon;).

Yes I agree, but I do think moneras, plants, ect. have a lower soul value than a higher up organism such as a ant or spider. Of course an ant or spider would not have a higher soul value than a dog or a horse, but then again even these souls lack the sould value as a chimp or gorilla. And of...

When you say sentient beings does that really only include animals with at least some sort of brain, considering they are viewed as organisms with Having sense perception or conscious. It makes sense, but in that case the plants have souls? What about bacteria, fungi, or protista? Although them...

So who has souls in hindu philosophy? Because you can reincarnate into animals I assume all animals have a soul as well. My belief is that all lving organisms (humans animals, plants, bacteria, ect.) have souls, but of course some souls have more value based on their conscience awareness (ie...

The 19th Centaury Romance writers often wrote about the existence of an Oversoul or Universal Soul. The Oversoul is described as a universal soul that where all souls came from, a sort of God. All living things have souls. Many of these Romance writers started out as Christians but after...

Well of course all these rules apply to our universe;). There may not be an infinite number of galaxies, stars, and planets but it doesn't mean that there isn't an infinite amount of energy. The Multiverse does not have the same laws of physics of our universe, because the other universes have...

Then what is the "goal" or "ultimate destination" of Buddhism?

What are the differences between moksha and nirvana? Both concepts are basicly the same thing, which is releasment from the cycle of rebirth. What makes moksha and nirvana that much different? Nirvana to Hindus and Buddhists; Buddhism. The ineffable ultimate in which one has attained...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism Those are sites are good for general knowledge of the two, I suggest you read both of these. Some good books on are "Nihilism: A Philosophical Essay" by Stanley Rosen or "Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the...

Wikipedia should provide you everything you need; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto CR also has a Shinto page up; http://www.comparative-religion.com/shinto/

So you know what that means then? That means the image of God is an ape. That might offend a lot but it doesn't change the facts. We are classified as apes, it doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that God did not put us in the same family or superfamily of apes. Again I think your offended by the...

Really? Is that so? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape "Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. Currently, there are two families of hominoids:" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae "The hominids are the members of the biological family Hominidae...

I don't hate the Bible, I think its a great book and has some divine origins. But you can't take what everything the Bible says literally. It doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that we ain't apes, does it? Yes of course your a man, so am I! But man is an ape, or at least something very close. It...

Well, the most recent theory used to describe quantum mechanics to some degree in the fundamental level is string theory. According string theory at the fundamental level atoms may not actually be atoms, but strings. Similar to a guitar's string, if you twitch it one way it create a different...