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2008-04-29T19:21:54Z

BryanJ: /* Politics, society, culture */

Got a page that you would love to see an article about, but you don't have the time or knowledge to write it yourself? Put a request here and somebody may do your work for you!

For those who are editing, don't forget to check the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]] list.

If any of the requests below correspond to existing articles, but those articles are still very short, please remove the entry here and tag the article with an appropriate [[Project:stub template|stub template]]. Stub articles in need of expansion can be found in the [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]] category.

==People==
===Living===
* [[Michael Behe]]
* [[Peter H. Gilmore]] of the [[Church of Satan]]
* [[Sam Harris]]
* [[Josh McDowell]]
* [[Roy Moore]]
* [[Ralph Reed]]
* [[James Rutz]] ([[Jim Rutz]] as redirect)
* [[Carl Sagan]]
===Historical===
* [[Mark Twain]]
===Fictional, Biblical, scriptural===
* [[Abraham]]
* [[Muhammed]]
* [[Paul]]
* [[Shiva]]
* [[Thomas]]
* [[Vishnu]]

==Religions and religious topics==
* [[Bad arguments against the existence of God]] -- are there any common arguments for atheism that are illogical, invalid, or otherwise weak?
* [[Blasphemy]]
* [[Calvinism]] ([[Calvinist]] as redirect)
* [[Canon]]
* [[Church]]
* [[Crimen Sollicitationis]] (A document from the Catholic Church that set the global policy for the treatment of allegations of sex crimes)
* [[Cult]]
* [[Doctrine]]
* [[Dogma]]
* [[Exorcism]]
* [[Heresy]], [[heretic]], [[heretical]]
* [[Israel]], [[Israelite]], [[Israelites]]
* [[Pagan]], [[Pagans]], [[Paganism]]
* [[Pantheon]]
* [[Rapture]]
* [[Saint]]
* [[Sermon]]
* [[Trinity]] Explain [[trinitarianism]] and the heretical concepts surrounding it such as [[modulism]] (one god shows self in three ways) and [[tritheism]] (three seperate beings)
* [[Worship]]
* [[Zion]], [[Zionism]], [[Zionist]]
===Specific denominations, sects, cults===
* [[Bahá'í faith]]
* [[Jainism]]
* [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] ([[Jehovah's Witness]] as redirect)
* [[Orthodox Judaism]]
* [[Shia Islam]] (see [[Wikipedia:Shia Islam]] for various possible redirects)
* [[Shinto]] ([[Shintoism]] as redirect)
* [[Sunni Islam]] ([[Sunni]] as redirect)

===Religious texts===
* almost all of the individual books of the Bible (see [[Template:Books of the Bible]] for a listing)
* [[Dead Sea scrolls]]
* [[Torah]], [[Tanakh]], [[Talmud]]
===Bible stories, parables, etc.===
* [[Gods in the Old Testament]] — episodes 464, 466, and 483 of ''[[The Atheist Experience]]'' could be good starting points

==Supernatural, paranormal, magic, myth==
* [[Astrology]]
* [[Paranormal]]
* [[Witchcraft]], [[witch]]

==Philosophy, logic, ethics==
* [[Common sense]] You know, people put a lot of emphasis on common sense, I think a page about examples where common sense lies to us would be nice.
* [[Premise]]
* [[Proof]]
* [[Suicide]]

==Politics, society, culture==
* [[Abortion]]
* [[Glossolalia]]( Redirect from [[Speaking in Tongues]])
* [[Faith-based initiative]]s
* [[Science fiction]]
===Law===
(Court cases, the state of freedom of religion in various states and countries, etc.)
* [[Torcaso v. Watkins]] -- The Supreme Court case that extended "no religious test" to states.

==Science==
* [[Consciousness]] There's a need to define it
* [[Emotion]]
* [[Human]]
* [[Mind]]
* [[Nature]]
* [[Virtual particle]]s (I don't know much about them, but they have been mentioned as another possible way for the universe to come into existence without god.)
* [[Volcano]]es A recent episode of The 700 Club presented Seven Wonders Museum curator [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/194479_helensmusem09.html Lloyd Anderson], who claims Mount St. Helens is proof that the earth can change drastically in a short period of time. This needs to be refuted with some hard facts.

==Media==
===Books, articles, essays, other writings===
* ''[[Breaking the Spell]]: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon'' by [[Daniel Dennett]]
* ''[[The End of Faith]]'' by [[Sam Harris]]
* ''[[Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up]]'' by [[John Allen Paulos]] (comes out Dec. 26, 2007)
* ''[[Losing Faith in Faith]]'' by [[Dan Barker]]
* ''[[Skeptical Inquirer]]''

===Film, TV, video===
* ''[[The God Who Wasn't There]]'' by [[Brian Flemming]]
* ''[[Jesus Camp]]''
* ''[[A Brief History of Disbelief]]'', hosted by [[Jonathan Miller]] (see http://www.abriefhistoryofdisbelief.org/)

===Websites, blogs, podcasts===
* [[Eight Hour Lunch]]
* [[Secular Web]]
* [[Point of Inquiry]]

==General, miscellaneous, other==

==See also==
* [[:Category:Stubs|Stub articles]] which ought to be expanded.
* [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|Uncategorized pages]] which ought to be added to one or more [[:Category:Browse_categories|categories]].
* Arguments from ''[[The Atheist Experience]]'' and ''[[The Non-Prophets]]''. [[User:Sans Deity|Matt Dillahunty]] has asked that if you hear a good argument on one of the [[ACA]]'s shows, please add it here if it isn't here already.

[[Category:Iron Chariots|Requested pages]]

Iron Chariots Wiki:Requested pages

2008-04-29T19:21:29Z

BryanJ: /* Science */

Got a page that you would love to see an article about, but you don't have the time or knowledge to write it yourself? Put a request here and somebody may do your work for you!

For those who are editing, don't forget to check the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]] list.

If any of the requests below correspond to existing articles, but those articles are still very short, please remove the entry here and tag the article with an appropriate [[Project:stub template|stub template]]. Stub articles in need of expansion can be found in the [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]] category.

==People==
===Living===
* [[Michael Behe]]
* [[Peter H. Gilmore]] of the [[Church of Satan]]
* [[Sam Harris]]
* [[Josh McDowell]]
* [[Roy Moore]]
* [[Ralph Reed]]
* [[James Rutz]] ([[Jim Rutz]] as redirect)
* [[Carl Sagan]]
===Historical===
* [[Mark Twain]]
===Fictional, Biblical, scriptural===
* [[Abraham]]
* [[Muhammed]]
* [[Paul]]
* [[Shiva]]
* [[Thomas]]
* [[Vishnu]]

==Religions and religious topics==
* [[Bad arguments against the existence of God]] -- are there any common arguments for atheism that are illogical, invalid, or otherwise weak?
* [[Blasphemy]]
* [[Calvinism]] ([[Calvinist]] as redirect)
* [[Canon]]
* [[Church]]
* [[Crimen Sollicitationis]] (A document from the Catholic Church that set the global policy for the treatment of allegations of sex crimes)
* [[Cult]]
* [[Doctrine]]
* [[Dogma]]
* [[Exorcism]]
* [[Heresy]], [[heretic]], [[heretical]]
* [[Israel]], [[Israelite]], [[Israelites]]
* [[Pagan]], [[Pagans]], [[Paganism]]
* [[Pantheon]]
* [[Rapture]]
* [[Saint]]
* [[Sermon]]
* [[Trinity]] Explain [[trinitarianism]] and the heretical concepts surrounding it such as [[modulism]] (one god shows self in three ways) and [[tritheism]] (three seperate beings)
* [[Worship]]
* [[Zion]], [[Zionism]], [[Zionist]]
===Specific denominations, sects, cults===
* [[Bahá'í faith]]
* [[Jainism]]
* [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] ([[Jehovah's Witness]] as redirect)
* [[Orthodox Judaism]]
* [[Shia Islam]] (see [[Wikipedia:Shia Islam]] for various possible redirects)
* [[Shinto]] ([[Shintoism]] as redirect)
* [[Sunni Islam]] ([[Sunni]] as redirect)

===Religious texts===
* almost all of the individual books of the Bible (see [[Template:Books of the Bible]] for a listing)
* [[Dead Sea scrolls]]
* [[Torah]], [[Tanakh]], [[Talmud]]
===Bible stories, parables, etc.===
* [[Gods in the Old Testament]] — episodes 464, 466, and 483 of ''[[The Atheist Experience]]'' could be good starting points

==Supernatural, paranormal, magic, myth==
* [[Astrology]]
* [[Paranormal]]
* [[Witchcraft]], [[witch]]

==Philosophy, logic, ethics==
* [[Common sense]] You know, people put a lot of emphasis on common sense, I think a page about examples where common sense lies to us would be nice.
* [[Premise]]
* [[Proof]]
* [[Suicide]]

==Politics, society, culture==
* [[Abortion]]
* [[Faith-based initiative]]s
* [[Science fiction]]
===Law===
(Court cases, the state of freedom of religion in various states and countries, etc.)
* [[Torcaso v. Watkins]] -- The Supreme Court case that extended "no religious test" to states.

==Science==
* [[Consciousness]] There's a need to define it
* [[Emotion]]
* [[Human]]
* [[Mind]]
* [[Nature]]
* [[Virtual particle]]s (I don't know much about them, but they have been mentioned as another possible way for the universe to come into existence without god.)
* [[Volcano]]es A recent episode of The 700 Club presented Seven Wonders Museum curator [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/194479_helensmusem09.html Lloyd Anderson], who claims Mount St. Helens is proof that the earth can change drastically in a short period of time. This needs to be refuted with some hard facts.

==Media==
===Books, articles, essays, other writings===
* ''[[Breaking the Spell]]: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon'' by [[Daniel Dennett]]
* ''[[The End of Faith]]'' by [[Sam Harris]]
* ''[[Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up]]'' by [[John Allen Paulos]] (comes out Dec. 26, 2007)
* ''[[Losing Faith in Faith]]'' by [[Dan Barker]]
* ''[[Skeptical Inquirer]]''

===Film, TV, video===
* ''[[The God Who Wasn't There]]'' by [[Brian Flemming]]
* ''[[Jesus Camp]]''
* ''[[A Brief History of Disbelief]]'', hosted by [[Jonathan Miller]] (see http://www.abriefhistoryofdisbelief.org/)

===Websites, blogs, podcasts===
* [[Eight Hour Lunch]]
* [[Secular Web]]
* [[Point of Inquiry]]

==General, miscellaneous, other==

==See also==
* [[:Category:Stubs|Stub articles]] which ought to be expanded.
* [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|Uncategorized pages]] which ought to be added to one or more [[:Category:Browse_categories|categories]].
* Arguments from ''[[The Atheist Experience]]'' and ''[[The Non-Prophets]]''. [[User:Sans Deity|Matt Dillahunty]] has asked that if you hear a good argument on one of the [[ACA]]'s shows, please add it here if it isn't here already.

[[Category:Iron Chariots|Requested pages]]

Iron Chariots Wiki:Requested pages

2008-04-29T19:15:02Z

BryanJ: /* Science */

Got a page that you would love to see an article about, but you don't have the time or knowledge to write it yourself? Put a request here and somebody may do your work for you!

For those who are editing, don't forget to check the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]] list.

If any of the requests below correspond to existing articles, but those articles are still very short, please remove the entry here and tag the article with an appropriate [[Project:stub template|stub template]]. Stub articles in need of expansion can be found in the [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]] category.

==People==
===Living===
* [[Michael Behe]]
* [[Peter H. Gilmore]] of the [[Church of Satan]]
* [[Sam Harris]]
* [[Josh McDowell]]
* [[Roy Moore]]
* [[Ralph Reed]]
* [[James Rutz]] ([[Jim Rutz]] as redirect)
* [[Carl Sagan]]
===Historical===
* [[Mark Twain]]
===Fictional, Biblical, scriptural===
* [[Abraham]]
* [[Muhammed]]
* [[Paul]]
* [[Shiva]]
* [[Thomas]]
* [[Vishnu]]

==Religions and religious topics==
* [[Bad arguments against the existence of God]] -- are there any common arguments for atheism that are illogical, invalid, or otherwise weak?
* [[Blasphemy]]
* [[Calvinism]] ([[Calvinist]] as redirect)
* [[Canon]]
* [[Church]]
* [[Crimen Sollicitationis]] (A document from the Catholic Church that set the global policy for the treatment of allegations of sex crimes)
* [[Cult]]
* [[Doctrine]]
* [[Dogma]]
* [[Exorcism]]
* [[Heresy]], [[heretic]], [[heretical]]
* [[Israel]], [[Israelite]], [[Israelites]]
* [[Pagan]], [[Pagans]], [[Paganism]]
* [[Pantheon]]
* [[Rapture]]
* [[Saint]]
* [[Sermon]]
* [[Trinity]] Explain [[trinitarianism]] and the heretical concepts surrounding it such as [[modulism]] (one god shows self in three ways) and [[tritheism]] (three seperate beings)
* [[Worship]]
* [[Zion]], [[Zionism]], [[Zionist]]
===Specific denominations, sects, cults===
* [[Bahá'í faith]]
* [[Jainism]]
* [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] ([[Jehovah's Witness]] as redirect)
* [[Orthodox Judaism]]
* [[Shia Islam]] (see [[Wikipedia:Shia Islam]] for various possible redirects)
* [[Shinto]] ([[Shintoism]] as redirect)
* [[Sunni Islam]] ([[Sunni]] as redirect)

===Religious texts===
* almost all of the individual books of the Bible (see [[Template:Books of the Bible]] for a listing)
* [[Dead Sea scrolls]]
* [[Torah]], [[Tanakh]], [[Talmud]]
===Bible stories, parables, etc.===
* [[Gods in the Old Testament]] — episodes 464, 466, and 483 of ''[[The Atheist Experience]]'' could be good starting points

==Supernatural, paranormal, magic, myth==
* [[Astrology]]
* [[Paranormal]]
* [[Witchcraft]], [[witch]]

==Philosophy, logic, ethics==
* [[Common sense]] You know, people put a lot of emphasis on common sense, I think a page about examples where common sense lies to us would be nice.
* [[Premise]]
* [[Proof]]
* [[Suicide]]

==Politics, society, culture==
* [[Abortion]]
* [[Faith-based initiative]]s
* [[Science fiction]]
===Law===
(Court cases, the state of freedom of religion in various states and countries, etc.)
* [[Torcaso v. Watkins]] -- The Supreme Court case that extended "no religious test" to states.

==Science==
* [[Consciousness]] There's a need to define it
* [[Emotion]]
* [[Glossolalia]]( Redirect from [[Speaking in Tongues]])
* [[Human]]
* [[Mind]]
* [[Nature]]
* [[Virtual particle]]s (I don't know much about them, but they have been mentioned as another possible way for the universe to come into existence without god.)
* [[Volcano]]es A recent episode of The 700 Club presented Seven Wonders Museum curator [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/194479_helensmusem09.html Lloyd Anderson], who claims Mount St. Helens is proof that the earth can change drastically in a short period of time. This needs to be refuted with some hard facts.

==Media==
===Books, articles, essays, other writings===
* ''[[Breaking the Spell]]: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon'' by [[Daniel Dennett]]
* ''[[The End of Faith]]'' by [[Sam Harris]]
* ''[[Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up]]'' by [[John Allen Paulos]] (comes out Dec. 26, 2007)
* ''[[Losing Faith in Faith]]'' by [[Dan Barker]]
* ''[[Skeptical Inquirer]]''

===Film, TV, video===
* ''[[The God Who Wasn't There]]'' by [[Brian Flemming]]
* ''[[Jesus Camp]]''
* ''[[A Brief History of Disbelief]]'', hosted by [[Jonathan Miller]] (see http://www.abriefhistoryofdisbelief.org/)

===Websites, blogs, podcasts===
* [[Eight Hour Lunch]]
* [[Secular Web]]
* [[Point of Inquiry]]

==General, miscellaneous, other==

==See also==
* [[:Category:Stubs|Stub articles]] which ought to be expanded.
* [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|Uncategorized pages]] which ought to be added to one or more [[:Category:Browse_categories|categories]].
* Arguments from ''[[The Atheist Experience]]'' and ''[[The Non-Prophets]]''. [[User:Sans Deity|Matt Dillahunty]] has asked that if you hear a good argument on one of the [[ACA]]'s shows, please add it here if it isn't here already.

[[Category:Iron Chariots|Requested pages]]

User:BryanJ

2007-11-21T02:47:58Z

BryanJ:

===brɑj ɪn dʒej===

BryanJ is a college student with interests in linguistics, anthropology, Scandinavia, and East Asia.

BryanJ has an intermediate-level understanding of Spanish and Swedish, and a high beginner-level understanding of Mandarin Chinese.

http://mytensmakt.blogspot.com/

2007-09-10T18:49:22Z

BryanJ: Doctrinal Conflicts, needs some formatting help

User:BryanJ

2007-09-05T18:09:39Z

BryanJ:

Homosexuality

2007-09-05T16:09:33Z

BryanJ: Replaced "gender" with "sex", sex is a clearer biological term, as gender is sometimes used to refer to cultural distinctions, not physical

{{wikipedia}}
'''Homosexuality''' is romantic or sexual attraction to members of one's own sex. The rights of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals is a contentious [[political issue]] in much of the world, due in part to [[religious]] views on the perceived [[moral]] incorrectness of homosexuality. One particularly fierce debate at the time of this writing is the legality of [[gay marriage]].

Many conservative [[Christian]]s, [[Jew]]s, [[Muslim]]s and [[Sikh]]s prefer to continue current restrictions against gays, lesbians and bisexuals — including prohibition of same-sex marriage. Some advocate the restoration of [[law]]s which once criminalized same-sex behavior. Many oppose the extension of existing [[Wikipedia:Hate crime|hate-crime laws]] to include sexual orientation.

==The Bible on homosexuality==

* In {{bible|Genesis 19}}, [[God]] destroys the cities of [[Sodom and Gomorrah]]; some say that widespread practice of homosexuality was the main reason.
* {{bible|Leviticus 18:22}}: "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
* {{bible|Leviticus 20:13}}: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."
* [[Deuteronomy]] and [[1 Kings]] state that there shall be no sodomites allowed in [[Israel]].
* {{bible|Romans 1:26-27}}: "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence [sic] of their error which was meet."
* {{bible|1 Corinthians 6:9-10}}: "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, '''nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind''', Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." (emphasis added)
* {{bible|1 Timothy 1:9-10}}: "Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for whoremongers, '''for them that defile themselves with mankind''', for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine." (emphasis added)

==Counterarguments to the Bible's stance==

* Genesis 19, while commonly held to describe the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah for the "sin" of homosexuality, more likely describes their destruction because of wickedness in general rather than just for homosexuality. They wanted to rape the angels, it makes sense that the sin was in fact rape, not consenting homosexuality. {{Bible|Ezekiel 16:49}} (KJV) reads as such:
{{Quote|Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.}}
This supports the view that the sins of Sodom were not homosexuality.
* Leviticus 18:22 can have more than one interpretation. Some people have suggested what is condemned in this verse is pagan rituals, which involved homosexual acts. This fits in with the context of the verse, as {{Bible|Leviticus 18:27-28}} specifically says that the pagans defiled the land with such acts.
* Although the book of 1 Kings does say that there will be no sodomites in Israel, that's only in the [[King James Version]]. Other, more accurate modern translations render the word "male temple prostitute".
* The translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9 as "homosexuals" is contentious. The words translated as "homosexual"(RSV) are "malakoi" meaning soft or effeminate, and "arsenokoitai" whose meaning as debatable but literally translates as "male-bedder". It is possible that Paul in this verse is condeming prostitution. There were temple prostitutes in Corinth at the time who were involved in worshipping other gods.
* There is also '''no''' indication that homosexuality is somehow a more severe sin than [[fornication]]. So ''at worst'' homosexuals should be treated the same as anyone else who has sex outside of [[marriage]]. Have you ever seen an angry mob opposing unmarried couples?
* {{bible|Romans 1:26-27}} describes clearly how God '''himself''' made people homosexual. This passage could also be a reference to idol worship and prostitution, due to the context of the preceding passages.

==The Qur'an on homosexuality==
* Surah 7:80-81: "And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination such as no creature ever did before you? Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton folk."
*Surah 26:165-166: "What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males, And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk."
*Surah 27:54-55: "And Lot! when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination knowingly?"
*Surah 29:28-29: "And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Lo! ye commit lewdness such as no creature did before you. For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye not the road (for travellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings ? But the answer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah's doom upon us if thou art a truthteller!"

==Arguments for the naturalness of homosexuality==

* The discovery of homosexuality in many thousands of other species including goats and penguins, and even our closest relatives the bonobos and chimpanzees, has shown that homosexuality most likely isn't a choice, but rather something a person is born with. See [[Wikipedia:Non-human animal sexual behavior]].

==External links==
* [http://www.religioustolerance.org/homosexu.htm Homosexuality articles] at [[Religious Tolerance]]

* [http://www.soulforce.org/article/homosexuality-bible-gay-christian Soulforce]

* [http://www.whosoever.org/bible/ Whosoever, gay Christian group]

[[Category:Social issues]]
[[Category:Psychology]]
[[Category:Bible]]

Iron Chariots Wiki:Requested pages

2007-08-14T00:33:49Z

BryanJ: /* General */

Iron Chariots Wiki:Requested pages

2007-08-09T02:31:37Z

BryanJ: /* General */

Soul

2007-08-09T02:25:21Z

BryanJ: This is a bit of a rough edit, but I just wanted to get some of these ideas out there.

The '''soul''' is an immaterial [[spirit]] that many religions claim resides in a human's body. It is supposedly responsible for [[consciousness]], and is usually considered to be [[immortality|immortal]]. In [[Christianity]], one's soul goes to [[heaven]] or [[hell]] after death.

Some anthropologists have suggested that belief in the soul came about as early humans attempted to understand what happened when someone died. One of the first observations that can be made of a dead person is that he is no longer breathing. It appears to be no great coincidence that words for soul or spirit in many languages have etymologies linked to concepts like "air" or "wind."

Some examples of this in other languages:

Ancient Hebrew: rûach רוּח - wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation(from e-Sword, translated as spirit in Genesis 1:2 KJV)

Swedish: Compare "ande" (spirit) and andlighet (spirituality) with the verb infinitive "att andas" (to breathe)

==Counter-apologetics==

# Nobody knows how the soul interacts with the body. Since it's immaterial, physical things cannot influence it, yet it somehow communicates with the brain and vice versa.
# The idea of a soul raises many questions about [[relativity]]. If the soul doesn't occupy our universe, then it shouldn't experience time. Since we do feel time, it cannot be immaterial. Since it occupies our universe, this raises many questions about what it's made of. Is it made up of the basic particles that all matter is made of? If it's an entirely different type of particle, what's its mass? Is it influenced by the four fundamental forces? What's its charge? How does it manage to hold your consciousness? None of these questions have ever been answered. Therefore, using the soul to explain something is using a term that isn't defined.
# Just what information does the soul contain? [[Science]] has proven that certain parts of our physical brain are used for [[emotion]]s, other parts are used for [[memory]], [[logic]]al thinking, and the pacing of one's breath and heartbeat. Damage to a certain part of the brain can drastically effect one's [[personality]], memory, or thought processes. And if the soul contains our memories, then what is the point of our memories being stored in our physical brain as well? Is Alzheimer's or amnesia a problem with the brain or a problem with the soul?
# The introduction of certain chemical drugs to the brain can drastically change one's thoughts, memories, behavior, emotions, judgment, etc. Are these drugs somehow acting on the soul and changing properties of the soul?

[[Category:Metaphysics]]