If a robot had a human heart and brain, could you love it?

@soulsrespite

[quote]you want me to say that there is no point in what is determined to have a soul[/quote]

Nope.

I want you to explain why an inorganic being couldn't have a soul since you claim so categorically that it could not.
You're making knowledge claims about what a soul is and what can house it and i don't think you can back those claims up. I'm just challenging you to make your case. We can deal with the side points also but i do [i]insist[/i] that you address this directly.
Why couldn't an inorganic being possess a soul? What about a soul demands organic matter?
Explain.

[quote]but you will be okay with, mechanically engineered “humans” that were made by human hands,[/quote]


Yup. A person doesn't have to be the same as you to be a person. NOt so long ago, whites didn't think black people were people like them because they were different. A person is a person. What's so hard about that?

[quote] am i so shallow to not wish this on my future children? [/quote]

lol YES! Yes you are so shallow for that! It's called racism, bud.
Or call it xenophobia if you like but ALL you're doing is rejecting the other on the basis that they are not like you.
That's prejudice.
Are you comfortable with that? Do you set yourself apart from all the other racists and xenophobes? Do you think yourself justified in your discrimination?

Think about it.

i thought this entire conversation was about you asking why a robot cannot have a soul simply because it is given some human parts?

😂 and now because i do not think of a robot as a human, and wont, i am somehow racist and prejudice. i think of and love all humanity equally, along with all other living, breathing creatures. this is getting silly and i am done with this conversation which is not going to get either me or you anywhere. take care of yourself, another part of me. i wish you love, and wish you well (:

@Pikachu

@soulsrespite

[quote]and now because i do not think of a robot as a human, and wont[/quote]

Ah, i wondered when this would come up.
You persist in thinking of people as necessarily human.
This is very wrong. You don't have to think of a robot as a human, just a person if they exhibit those qualities we identify as meaningful to personhood.
You (and many others) unnecessarily limit yourselves to the notion that personhood is synonymous with humanity or even organic matter.
Absurd and foundationless.

And yes, if you are prejudice against another kind of person because they are not the same as you then YEAH that makes you a racist or a xenophobe or any other kind of prejudice you would prefer to identify with.

[quote]i thought this entire conversation was about you asking why a robot cannot have a soul simply because it is given some human parts? [/quote]

Nope. This conversation is about why you think a human body is necessary for a soul.

Think about what I've said. Think about whether you've got good arguments for the things your saying or whether you're just uncritically accepting your preconceived notions.