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**Jacob** · 01-09-2008, 09:25 AM

I am not an atheist because I am ever hopeful that a caring entity, like a God, is guiding humanity. I am also not an atheist because I cannot wholly comprehend existence itself. Therefore, I cannot say for sure that there is no God.

I sometimes wonder about the 21 grams or so that humans lose at the point of their death. This weight loss was discovered by Dr. Duncan MacDougall of Haverhill, Ma in 1907. The phenomenom does not occur when animals die leading some to suspect that 21 grams is the approximate weight of a spirit leaving the body when humans die. There might be a scientific explanation for all this, but what is it?

Jacob

01-09-2008, 09:25 AM	#166 (permalink)
Jacob Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 198	I am not an atheist because I am ever hopeful that a caring entity, like a God, is guiding humanity. I am also not an atheist because I cannot wholly comprehend existence itself. Therefore, I cannot say for sure that there is no God. I sometimes wonder about the 21 grams or so that humans lose at the point of their death. This weight loss was discovered by Dr. Duncan MacDougall of Haverhill, Ma in 1907. The phenomenom does not occur when animals die leading some to suspect that 21 grams is the approximate weight of a spirit leaving the body when humans die. There might be a scientific explanation for all this, but what is it? Jacob __________________ Religions, movements and even nations are constructs invented by humans. They only take on meaning if humanity chooses to accept them.