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Can we really transplant a human soul?
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | 4-09-08 | Dr. Danny Penman

Posted on 04/10/2008 9:18:54 AM PDT by Renfield

....In one celebrated case uncovered by Professor Schwartz's team, an 18-year-old boy who wrote poetry, played music and composed songs was killed in a car crash. A year after he died, his parents came across a tape of a song he had written, entitled, Danny, My Heart Is Yours.

In his haunting lyrics, the boy sang about how he felt destined to die and donate his heart. After his death, his heart was transplanted into an 18-year-old girl - named Danielle.

When the boy's parents met Danielle, they played some of his music and she, despite never having heard the song before, knew the words and was able to complete the lyrics.

Professor Schwartz also investigated the case of a 29-year-old lesbian fast-food junkie who received the heart of a 19-year-old vegetarian woman described as "man crazy".

After the transplant, she told her friends that meat now made her sick, and that she no longer found women attractive. If fact, shortly after the transplant she married a man.....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: medicine; mysteries; spirituality; transplants
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To: jdm; JRios1968
I was gonna scream NOT GUILTY! but didn't want to seem too forward for such a precious, delicate article.

Sheesh, I never let that stop me.

21 posted on 04/20/2008 9:15:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro; jdm

22 posted on 04/20/2008 9:22:46 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: CougarGA7

I was born the day Hiroshima got incinerated. Don’t talk old to me! ... Does this qualify as ‘commenting on this’?


23 posted on 04/20/2008 9:23:04 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN

My father was exactly 8 days older than you. Thank you for making me feel young again.


24 posted on 04/20/2008 10:02:37 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: CougarGA7

Well then, my ‘age’ was good for something this evening! Thanks for making me feel useful ...


25 posted on 04/20/2008 10:03:45 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN; Tijeras_Slim

That’s what I’m here for. To make you old guys feel useful.


26 posted on 04/20/2008 10:06:18 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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To: CougarGA7

Hold on now!


27 posted on 04/20/2008 10:09:55 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: CougarGA7

I don’t want to feel useful, I just want to collect my paycheck.


28 posted on 04/21/2008 5:43:17 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Play that Funky Music Typical White Boy!)
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