XPost: alt.paranormal.reincarnation   
   From: duke_of_diddly@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 9 May 2004 09:05:32 +0100, "Dorian West"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Do things like silverfish, slugs, worms, amoeba, spiders, ants, flies etc.   
   >Have souls, NDEs and/or are reincarnated? I would like to know the answer to   
   >that 1, that's for sure.   
   >   
      
   No.   
      
   What religion (Western religions anyway, and perhaps Eastern religions   
   too) refers to as the "soul" is what scientists refer to as   
   "consciousness" or "self-consciousness" - that part of us that is   
   aware of being aware.   
      
   Only humans and perhaps some of the great apes experience   
   "self-consciousness".   
      
   Jerry   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)