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I've been in medical schools where there were corpses and students all over the large hall. My first thought was wow each of these people had dreams, personalit

I've been in medical schools where there were corpses and students all over the large hall. My first thought was wow each of these people had dreams, personalities and a soul. They were somebody. It gave me some comfort that the students were taught to respect the bodies and treat them with dignity. I wonder if that's all medical school or only this one because it was catholic. It seems OP doesn't care about this? Anyway, that's when I realized I could never be in that profession. I would have to become cold to it and I probably couldn't.

giardini 4y ago
A soul?! Reminds me of Queen's "Fun It": >"Hey, everybody, everybody gonna have a good time tonight Just shakin' the soles of your feet Everybody, everybody gonna have a good time tonight That's the only soul you'll ever meet..."< https://www.letras.com/queen/86774/ https://www.letras.com/queen/86774/
- whatshisface 4y ago
  A soul is just a word for an individual human consciousness.
  - giardini 4y ago
    Yeah, just as with aspirin, I carry a few of those (i.e.,"souls") in my pocket for emergencies, e.g., in case I need to fend off Satan (an archaic term for an individual evil entity of great power) - I toss a fee on the sidewalk and skedaddle away while He (i.e., the Devil [caps for classicly-attributed respect of his overweening spiritual powers]) devours them.
    - whatshisface 4y ago
      I think you're making a philosophical error akin to denying the existence of bread on the basis of not believing in transubstantiation. The word "soul" has a lot of unprovable beliefs attached to it in every world religion, but the word on its own refers to that which experiences in all the uses I'm aware of.
    - sergiotapia 4y ago
      I tip my fedora to you kind gentlesir.
Lornedon 4y ago
> It seems OP doesn't care about this? Where in the post did you see a lack of dignity? To me, it didn't seem disrespectful.

giardini 4y ago

A soul?! Reminds me of Queen's "Fun It": >"Hey, everybody, everybody gonna have a good time tonight Just shakin' the soles of your feet Everybody, everybody gonna have a good time tonight That's the only soul you'll ever meet..."< https://www.letras.com/queen/86774/ https://www.letras.com/queen/86774/

whatshisface 4y ago
A soul is just a word for an individual human consciousness.
- giardini 4y ago
  Yeah, just as with aspirin, I carry a few of those (i.e.,"souls") in my pocket for emergencies, e.g., in case I need to fend off Satan (an archaic term for an individual evil entity of great power) - I toss a fee on the sidewalk and skedaddle away while He (i.e., the Devil [caps for classicly-attributed respect of his overweening spiritual powers]) devours them.
  - whatshisface 4y ago
    I think you're making a philosophical error akin to denying the existence of bread on the basis of not believing in transubstantiation. The word "soul" has a lot of unprovable beliefs attached to it in every world religion, but the word on its own refers to that which experiences in all the uses I'm aware of.
  - sergiotapia 4y ago
    I tip my fedora to you kind gentlesir.

Lornedon 4y ago

> It seems OP doesn't care about this? Where in the post did you see a lack of dignity? To me, it didn't seem disrespectful.