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Soul

From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science

God formed man from the dust of the ground, breathed into him life and man became a living soul. No other creature had such an action done by God upon its creation.

Genesis 2:7 (NIV) And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Experimentation

Some may take this is conclusive evidence, some may not. This is a contested experiment done by Duncan MacDougall, M.D.

MacDougall of Haverhill, Mass. conducted experiments on terminally ill people (six in all). He took these subjects and placed them on a very sensitive weight table to see if there was a weight change upon death, essentially taking the Biblical stance of the soul leaving the body. Each subject, regardless of size or weight, upon the moment of death lost 3/4 of an once. This test was repeated several times and his conclusion was that this weight was indeed the human soul and that its weight is lost at the moment of it's separation from the body.

To confirm this he also conducted tests on 15 dogs, created by God without a soul. Upon death they did not experience this weight loss as did the humans. Because this type of test was controversial, and raised many eye brows, several stories about Dr. MacDougal surfaced in an attempt to discredit his work. Words like inhumane were being thrown at him. He was even accused of poisoning the 15 dogs that he tested.