Do blind people have souls?

[Hyde Parke]

they probably have the purest of souls protected from seeing eyes of others that seek them for the sole purpose to cast judgement.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

they probably have the purest of souls protected from seeing eyes of others that seek them for the sole purpose to cast judgement.

Wow, they are lucky.

 

[Tha Killa]

distant and blank in the sense they haven't seen shit so their image slate is blank? or distant and blank because their souls are evil and morbid?

Damn I ain't see this 'til just now. I meant distant and blank in the sense that they're like deaf people who speak. Without a template to emulate, and since they can't hear their own voice or the voices of others, they sound like an autistic Mike Tyson since they're unaware of the nuances of speech. Such as pitch, tone, depth, etc... So I'd imagine that a blind person's soul be distant since their eyes are always out of focus (they only stare off into the distance) so you can't understand their intent just by seeing into their eyes (ie, their soul is distant because it's impossible to see through it). Nah mean?

Like deaf speech is an attempt to communicate verbally without one of the most important parts of verbal communication (hearing), reading a blind person's intentions through their facial expressions/eyes is a form of non-verbal communication (NVC, if you will) lacking one of THE most important parts of NVC.

And yes, I'd imagine their soul is blank in the sense it's "missing" something vital to what makes us human. A lot of who we are as people is dictated by what we see/hear or HAVE seen/heard. So someone with an impairment like that might just have an "incomplete" soul. I'm prolly wrong about that tho. God changes his mind more than skrippas change they drawls.

Good question, is there an answer to that one? Also, you think blind people have evil and morbid souls?

Bwahaha. Naw cuh. I knew a couple of blind people and talking to them was a unique perspective into the human condition imo.

They have facial expressions even though they've never seen a face wtf?

True, but I have a better chance of detecting a lie in a eye than I do in a hand movement or bodily gesture.

The bolded was outrageously funny yo. No TBS.

Besides that stupid grin on their faces. How much expression have you ever seen the likes of Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder ever show??

Contrary to popular belief, blind people have just as many facial expressions as we do. Honestly there's a lot more depth to theirs since theirs are a lot less filtered than ours. The eyes aren't always a good barometer for lies since a lot of people can, when needed, look you straight in the eye and tell you a rather convincing lie without a hitch. Blind people's facial expressions are purer imo since they don't know how to mask their natural reaction. If I'm in a room with somebody I despise I know how to mask my contempt. Can't say the same for the blind people I know.

 

[Hyde Parke]

you all are putting to much thought into this..If "the eyes are the window to the soul', that doesnt make a blind person soulless, it just means they have tinted windows.

 

[VIBE]

Like deaf speech is an attempt to communicate verbally without one of the most important parts of verbal communication (hearing), reading a blind person's intentions through their facial expressions/eyes is a form of non-verbal communication (NVC, if you will) lacking one of THE most important parts of NVC.

Contrary to popular belief, blind people have just as many facial expressions as we do. Honestly there's a lot more depth to theirs since theirs are a lot less filtered than ours. The eyes aren't always a good barometer for lies since a lot of people can, when needed, look you straight in the eye and tell you a rather convincing lie without a hitch. Blind people's facial expressions are purer imo since they don't know how to mask their natural reaction. If I'm in a room with somebody I despise I know how to mask my contempt. Can't say the same for the blind people I know.

Some deaf people can speak VERY well, I know many many deaf people because my parents are deaf so yeah but for the most part you're right.

Yeah, also, facial expressions aren't really learned they're more so natural. Babies don't "learn" to give me a mad, sad, hurt, nasty, happy face. It's all automatic. So all the "blind people don't see facial expressions so they don't express them" is crap lol

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Damn I ain't see this 'til just now. I meant distant and blank in the sense that they're like deaf people who speak. Without a template to emulate, and since they can't hear their own voice or the voices of others, they sound like an autistic Mike Tyson since they're unaware of the nuances of speech. Such as pitch, tone, depth, etc... So I'd imagine that a blind person's soul be distant since their eyes are always out of focus (they only stare off into the distance) so you can't understand their intent just by seeing into their eyes (ie, their soul is distant because it's impossible to see through it). Nah mean?

Like deaf speech is an attempt to communicate verbally without one of the most important parts of verbal communication (hearing), reading a blind person's intentions through their facial expressions/eyes is a form of non-verbal communication (NVC, if you will) lacking one of THE most important parts of NVC.

And yes, I'd imagine their soul is blank in the sense it's "missing" something vital to what makes us human. A lot of who we are as people is dictated by what we see/hear or HAVE seen/heard. So someone with an impairment like that might just have an "incomplete" soul. I'm prolly wrong about that tho. God changes his mind more than skrippas change they drawls.

Oh ok, I see what you're saying.

you all are putting to much thought into this..If "the eyes are the window to the soul', that doesnt make a blind person soulless, it just means they have tinted windows.

Of course it doesn't make them soulless, but it doesn't lessen my wonder about why just bcuz they can't see out their eyes that you can't see anything in their eyes.

 

[Hyde Parke]

Of course it doesn't make them soulless, but it doesn't lessen my wonder about why just bcuz they can't see out their eyes that you can't see anything in their eyes.

well couldnt they say the same for you? they cant see your eyes either.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

well couldnt they say the same for you? they cant see your eyes either.

Technically yes, but I have the option to say I can't see shit in their eyes even though I have the ability to see, they however can't.

 

[Hyde Parke]

Technically yes, but I have the option to say I can't see shit in their eyes even though I have the ability to see, they however can't.

i suppose, but check this out, you cant "technically" see a persons soul when you use your sight to look into someone's eyes, you are using one of your many senses to make that determination

of what type/kind of soul they possess. Blind people use their other senses to do the same..And being that they dont have the sense of sight, their other senses are heightened.

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

i suppose, but check this out, you cant "technically" see a persons soul when you use your sight to look into someone's eyes, you are using one of your many senses to make that determination

of what type/kind of soul they possess. Blind people use their other senses to do the same..And being that they dont have the sense of sight, their other senses are heightened.

Yes I understand all that, but it still doesn't lessen my wonder about why you can't see anything in their eyes just bcuz they're blind.

 

[VIBE]

Yes I understand all that, but it still doesn't lessen my wonder about why you can't see anything in their eyes just bcuz they're blind.

Because if they can't see you, you can't see them.

Maybe that's the case, I dunno....

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Because if they can't see you, you can't see them.

Maybe that's the case, I dunno....

That's an interesting take on it

 

[Tha Killa]

Blind people prolly have more soul than everybody in this thread combined.....

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

BA I dunno if they have soul but god don't wanna touch em

Leviticus 21:16-23*(New Living Translation)

Lol how people can read this and not realize the bible was penned by man's mind idk.

 

[StoneColdMikey]

Shit do blind people dream???

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

Yeah like are all their dreams in sound?

 

[StoneColdMikey]

Yeah like are all their dreams in sound?

do blind people imagine??

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

They must, just not in imagery.

 

[Hyde Parke]

Yes I understand all that, but it still doesn't lessen my wonder about why you can't see anything in their eyes just bcuz they're blind.

if you understand all of that, then what exactly are you looking for in their eyes?

 

[BiblicalAtheist]

if you understand all of that, then what exactly are you looking for in their eyes?

Their individual form of expression.
Edit: that's the best way I can put it, the "thing" seen in eyes is not an easy "thing" to describe.