Joshua Farris – Why Souls?

What is the soul and why is it important?

Brent talks with Joshua Farris about his new Collective Ink Books title ‘Why Souls? A Mirror to the Universe’.

Joshua is an ordained priest with the diocese of Kagera and ACMI and a Canon Theologian on Missio Mosaic.  He’s also the director and founder of Soul Science Ministries and Spiritually Driven Leadership.   

(1:00) Intelligence; (2:40) Human intelligence and AI; (4:00) The Turing Test; (6:00) The soul; (7:55) Body and soul; (10:40) Reasons for the traditional view; (12:30) Exploring the world without a soul; (14:30) Naturalism; (17:00) Panpsychism; (22:20) Near death experiences; (26:30) Dementia.  

Links mentioned in this episode:

soulscienceministries.com

www.amazon.com.au/dp/1903816416?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_nz

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