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In article <44535138$0$22380$ed362ca5@nr1.newsreader.com>,
   "Glen M. Sizemore" <gmsizemore2@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>"r norman" <NotMyRealEmail@_comcast.net> wrote in message 
>news:fif4525kjth59n1m9vrmbon12h6vmfv9bv@4ax.com...
>> On 28 Apr 2006 08:59:09 -0700, "neo" <AbheJet@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Suppose there is human statue of cement in standing position. We human
>>>being can remain in standing position. But why can't this statue remain
>>>standing even if it is exact like our body?
>>
>> Of course a human statue can stand.  There are many examples around
>> the world!
>>
>> You probably mean "why can't a human statue not firmly attached
>> stand?"  It can, statically.  However any small horizontal force, like
>> the wind, will tend to topple it.  We react by contracting muscles to
>> shift our balance for small forces and by moving the position of our
>> feet for larger forces.  When the forces get strong enough, we fall
>> over.  Statues have a very difficult time responding to outside
>> disturbances so either their feet are firmly fixed to the ground or
>> they fall over much more easily than we do.
>
>When it was discovered that movement of (disembodied) parts of animals could 
>be induced by electricity it became clear that the soul infused the entire 
>animal, not just the brain. Perhaps a soul could be infused throughout a 
>concrete statue and it would be able to stand. Perhaps that is what allowed 
>Pinocchio to move about even though he was not a "real boy."
I sure hope you are an 8-year-old child.  

So you think that, if it moves, it has a soul.  Do clouds
have one?

/BAH