On of my favourite ex-girlfriends once said the following to me: I have great difficulty with this whole idea of the soul. I mean it seems to simply be a way f

On of my favourite ex-girlfriends once said the following to me: I have great difficulty with this whole idea of the soul. I mean it seems to simply be a way for individuals to secure themselves a much larger place in the universe than we deserve. When you think of the grand scale of things we are less consequential than a single atom is compared to the entire earth. Seeing as we cant even truly visualize that analogy the whole truth scares the crap out of us; hence the idea of a soul. (I post that w/o wanting to derail into an argument/discussion. It always struck me as an insightful analysis of the possibilities - hence worth sharing)