This thread is to demonstrate that anything can be debated endlessly, regardless of how absurd what your debating may be.
The example I am choosing to use is my computer.
The challenge is to you! Any of you who wish to actually debate.
The claim:
My computer has a soul, and can think for itself.
I welcome all half witted challengers, as well as the truly scientific minded to convince me, that my computer is nothing more then a pile of electronics and plastic.
Virus programming. /thread
so your fragmented sentence is your debate? Try not to over analyze the subject would ya?
A - Define a soul.
B - A machine overrun with strong code can act on its own volition.
C - There is nothing to debate.
A: since you are too handicapped to look it up in webster:
Main Entry: 1soul
Pronunciation: 'sOl
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English soule, from Old English sAwol; akin to Old High German sEula soul
1 : the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life
2 a : the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe b capitalized, Christian Science : GOD 1b
3 : a person's total self
4 a : an active or essential part b : a moving spirit : LEADER
5 a : the moral and emotional nature of human beings b : the quality that arouses emotion and sentiment c : spiritual or moral force : FERVOR
6 : PERSON <not a soul in sight>
7 : PERSONIFICATION <she is the soul of integrity>
B. A computer overun with strong code...
That code came from where? Thin Air? I think not. A HUMAN wrote the code.
C. That's what I think about your Flat Earth Theory!