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Date Posted: 03:09:00 10/20/05 Thu
Author: MGD
Subject: Re: Do any demons have souls?
In reply to: Sunshine 's message, "Re: Do any demons have souls?" on 12:09:56 10/19/05 Wed

There does seem to be an emphasis on the belief that human souls are somehow inherently better than all other souls. It seems possible that in the Buffyverse, humans are just another race that inhabits the universe, meaning their souls are no more precious than that of a demon. (This is in contrast to our actual universe, where it seems quite possible that humans are the only sentient beings that exist anywhere.) Which type of soul is "best" would depend on whether a person believes there is absolute right and wrong, or relativistic right and wrong, but that could take a lifetime to discuss.

I agree that it is no accident that Spike (pre-soul) and Spike (post-soul) are virtually identical when it comes to personality. The only aspect of him that seems to have changed is his moral compass (which was already going through changes even without a soul).

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Conveniently... -- Celebaelin, 03:44:06 10/20/05 Thu
- Re: Conveniently... -- Sunshine, 09:33:04 10/20/05 Thu
  - a trivial quibble -- Rich, 13:17:13 10/20/05 Thu
    - Re: a trivial quibble -- Sunshine, 14:30:33 10/20/05 Thu
    - Re: a trivial quibble -- Sunshine, 16:00:01 10/24/05 Mon
      - Re: a trivial quibble counterpoint -- Rich, 19:40:51 10/24/05 Mon
        I mostly agree -- Sunshine, 10:08:40 10/26/05 Wed
        mostly agreeing with your mostly agreement -- Rich, 13:26:58 10/26/05 Wed
        That was funny -- Sunshine, 14:52:27 10/26/05 Wed
        Good fic. No parent should live to see that. (NT) -- Celebaelin, 15:00:31 10/26/05 Wed
        Marsters -- manwitch, 10:41:57 10/27/05 Thu
        I read it differently -- Celebaelin, 14:59:37 10/27/05 Thu
Re: Do any demons have souls? -- Sunshine, 09:21:26 10/20/05 Thu
- The tautology of sentient beings -- manwitch, 09:58:25 10/20/05 Thu
  - I completely agree - well not about you lacking human intelligence (NT) (NT) -- Sunshine, 10:20:50 10/20/05 Thu
- Re: Do any demons have souls? -- MGD, 11:39:10 10/20/05 Thu
  - Re: Do any demons have souls? -- ING, 22:21:48 10/22/05 Sat

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