Evolution and the soul...

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 10-01-2012, 13:08

I think this is a really interesting topic - it's not one I have an answer for.

A better way of asking the question might be - so Dolphins have souls, and if so was there a Dolphin Jesus?

The only answer I have is, we don't know because we can't talk to Dolphins.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 10-01-2012, 16:07

Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla

The only answer I have is, we don't know because we can't talk to Dolphins.

Long conversations still prove a bit tricky, but work is well under way in this field. Also, we can communicate (in writing, no less) with Bonobos, that is: we can teach them how to communicate with us.

**Fragony** · 10-01-2012, 16:10

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

Long conversations still prove a bit tricky, but work is well under way in this field. Also, we can communicate (in writing, no less) with Bonobos, that is: we can teach them how to communicate with us.

Been reading too much van der Waal lately?

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 10-01-2012, 16:18

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

Long conversations still prove a bit tricky, but work is well under way in this field. Also, we can communicate (in writing, no less) with Bonobos, that is: we can teach them how to communicate with us.

We're nowhere near the level of being able to discuss metaphysics or philosophy with Dolphins though - "more fish?" and "are you sad" are big jumps, but they don't address the core questions of life.

**Fragony** · 10-01-2012, 16:22

Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla

We're nowhere near the level of being able to discuss metaphysics or philosophy with Dolphins though - "more fish?" and "are you sad" are big jumps, but they don't address the core questions of life.

Society though, I am on to TA I know what book he read, must have a new girlfriend who just started studying psychology, well done TA

**ajaxfetish** · 10-01-2012, 17:01

When did our ancestors become humans? When does a growing collection of grains of sand become a heap? When does a child become an adult? When does a fertilized egg become a person? Lots of transitions have fuzzy boundaries, and assigning a definite point of change is difficult if not impossible. As far as the Mormon take on this, it's not a big point of doctrine what happens to animals after death, so I can by no means claim to be an expert, but my understanding is that we believe all animals (and perhaps all living things?) have souls and existed spiritually before they existed physically, and will continue to exist eternally. Where exactly dinosaurs (for instance) would end up compared to humans I have no idea.

Ajax

**Tuuvi** · 10-01-2012, 17:39

In my faith, it's believed that our religious knowledge is incomplete; we don't know everything there is to know about God, etc. I think the OP raises a really interesting question and I've wondered the same thing myself, especially when it comes to human evolution. But it doesn't pose an intellectual problem for me, because I don't expect my religion to answer every question.

**Fragony** · 10-01-2012, 19:18

Originally Posted by Tuuvi

In my faith, it's believed that our religious knowledge is incomplete; we don't know everything there is to know about God, etc. I think the OP raises a really interesting question and I've wondered the same thing myself, especially when it comes to human evolution. But it doesn't pose an intellectual problem for me, because I don't expect my religion to answer every question.

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