XPost: alt.paranormal.reincarnation   
   From: marie-christine.broussaudier@wanadoo.fr   
      
   I don't speack english I speack french   
   "Ukes"  a écrit dans le message de   
   news:t2lfa0hhdnbgr9if7sv4c4egravtd6hlj7@4ax.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   
   >   
      
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