We need to believe that the soul, unlike an engine, can't itself be destroyed, can't itself decompose, can't fall apart.

我们需要相信的是，灵魂和发动机不同，自己不会毁灭，自己不会腐烂，自己不会变成碎片。

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It's the view that probably most of you believe, but again, it's worth noting that philosophically it can be challenged.

这是一种我们大多数人都相信的观点,但是再一次的,需要指出,从哲学讲它是站不住脚的

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I believe that and why do we need to have it as a basic premise of the course, '?" as opposed to change is illusive?"

我相信这一点，但为什么我们需要把它,作为课程的基本前提，而不说'改变是虚幻的“

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Now I'm not going to hear, pursue of the question of "Do we believe bodily resurrection occurs or will occur?"

现在我不需要，大家一直争论,我们是否要相信,肉体复活是否会发生“

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So maybe that's why we need to believe in souls in order to explain free will.

或许我们需要相信灵魂的理由就是,为了便于解释自由意志

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Maybe at the end of the day we will decide we need to believe in souls.

或许最终,我们会认定我们需要相信灵魂

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We need to distinguish perhaps between what he consciously believes and what he unconsciously believes.

我们需要区别,他有意识地相信和潜意识相信的东西。

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And what the physicalist would need to do for each one of those-- For each one of those you can imagine a dualist who says, "We need to believe in a soul so as to explain seances.

对于这些东西,物理主义者该怎么做,对于这些,你可以想到二元论者会说,我们需要相信有灵魂才能解释通灵

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