There is a universality of living things...something animates it. Dead or alive is such a fundamental binary it's hard to deny it exists.
However, a blade of grass has almost no awareness other than growing towards light an water, but a dog, why, it has emotions and expressions and limited self awareness. Crows are smarter, so to speak, than a new born human.
I suppose the thing I'm saying here is that there is no switch over in the mechanics of what makes something alive once the creature becomes complex enough. The soul, which animates the living thing, gets more complex along with the complexity of the living thing.
I would disagree with your comment about a blade of grass. It has been proven that plants communicate with one another, feel pain, react to harm, and seek environments to their benefit.
One example, trees communicate with one another through their root systems. It has been documented that if a tree is being damaged, it will send signals to other trees around it, and they will produce chemicals to strengthen their branches and trunk.
Every living this has a soul, from a blade of grass to a tree to a cicada to a lion to a human. While only humans have a rational soul.
The NPC meme merely shows that most people don't do much rational thinking.
Consciousness at some level, sure. A soul is a bit much for a blade of grass.
There is a universality of living things...something animates it. Dead or alive is such a fundamental binary it's hard to deny it exists.
However, a blade of grass has almost no awareness other than growing towards light an water, but a dog, why, it has emotions and expressions and limited self awareness. Crows are smarter, so to speak, than a new born human.
I suppose the thing I'm saying here is that there is no switch over in the mechanics of what makes something alive once the creature becomes complex enough. The soul, which animates the living thing, gets more complex along with the complexity of the living thing.
I would disagree with your comment about a blade of grass. It has been proven that plants communicate with one another, feel pain, react to harm, and seek environments to their benefit.
One example, trees communicate with one another through their root systems. It has been documented that if a tree is being damaged, it will send signals to other trees around it, and they will produce chemicals to strengthen their branches and trunk.
Check it out, it is fascinating. When
Very well, then it provides more evidence that every living thing, even a tree, has a soul.