To: Khepera
Worms (and other animals) have animative souls. Plants have vegetative souls. These are natural souls. Human beings have rational souls, which are spirits. That is, we have supernatural souls.
I think that in order to find ot whether a given space alien had a rational (spiritual) soul, we would have to find out whether, at any point in his/her/its life cycle, this creature possessed the POTENTIAL for thinking and choosing, which would make the creature inwardly free and morally responsible for its actions.
10 posted on
11/05/2005 7:05:02 AM PST by
Mrs. Don-o
(As always, striving for accuracy.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
11 posted on
11/05/2005 7:07:58 AM PST by
Khepera
(Do not remove by penalty of law!)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Does a peanut butter sandwich have a "Nutatitive Soul"
LOL!
12 posted on
11/05/2005 7:40:21 AM PST by
pro610
(Faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains. Praise Jesus Christ!)
To: Mrs. Don-o
I think that in order to find ot whether a given space alien had a rational (spiritual) soul, we would have to find out whether, at any point in his/her/its life cycle, this creature possessed the POTENTIAL for thinking and choosing, which would make the creature inwardly free and morally responsible for its actions. This is a test which might fruitfully be used on our own species to determine which among us is truly human.
Problem is, in the wrong hands (and what other hands are available here?) it could be (and almost certainly would be) used for evil!
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