>>23438>Of course they can, just like I can program a computer to say it has feelings and consciousness, a meatpuppet can parrot these existencial questions.The body they are in would not be able to convey that with the degree of sincerity and expression that a souled being would be able to.
Now, if a hypothetical meat puppet, a materialist's Black Box, could be exactly as a souled individual, would that make them souled?
Color me crazy but I think so. Perhaps the more a meat puppet is coerced into behaving like a creature with a soul, they can eventually develop a soul or perhaps awaken one that is latent. I wonder…
Maybe true meatpuppets aren't very common, and souled people are just lulled into deep sleep in our society, drained of energy by the food they eat, the air they breathe, the media they see and hear, and all the mundane decisions they have to make.
>>23441>Is it possible for spiritless humans to have an interest in the occult?I think so, in theory. Perhaps only for the apparent edginess, throwing around symbols and terms they see or hear. They're the useful idiots you see in large organizations. They become the means in which the higher-ups can act with great power and influence.
I doubt they could do much with whatever knowledge they may pick up, at least not without being co-opted by an entity or something. Whatever power they may gain does not come from themselves.