(November 2, 2021 at 10:28 am)GaryAnderson Wrote: Brains exist. Your absolute certainty that souls don’t exist since it was linked to the brain is unfounded and without proof.

Care to quote where I said I have absolute certainty that souls don't exist? I think you've confused me for someone else.

(November 2, 2021 at 10:44 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:

(November 2, 2021 at 10:28 am)GaryAnderson Wrote: Brains exist. Your absolute certainty that souls don’t exist since it was linked to the brain is unfounded and without proof.

Care to quote where I said I have absolute certainty that souls don't exist? I think you've confused me for someone else.

Yeah. A strawman.

(November 2, 2021 at 10:42 am)GaryAnderson Wrote:

(November 2, 2021 at 10:40 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Here's a little something you should know...going back to your spouting off about rules and banning and blah, blah, fucking blah.

I can, at any time, click a couple things and blast you into forum oblivion.  However, you are still here...not because you are a wonderful addition to the forum but because we, as staff, have rules we have to follow that require us to listen to the snarky drivel that spews forth from people like you.

How is the view from you high horse?

Why are you so upset of words on a screen? How do you deal with opposing views in real life? Do you fight or do you take shelter?

I don't hide from anything...certainly not an obvious jerk, such as yourself.

(November 2, 2021 at 10:44 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:

(November 2, 2021 at 10:28 am)GaryAnderson Wrote: Brains exist. Your absolute certainty that souls don’t exist since it was linked to the brain is unfounded and without proof.

Care to quote where I said I have absolute certainty that souls don't exist? I think you've confused me for someone else.

I’m sorry then. I’m trying to keep up with the names and the forum format.
What are your thoughts on my questions in the OP?

(November 2, 2021 at 10:46 am)arewethereyet Wrote:

(November 2, 2021 at 10:42 am)GaryAnderson Wrote: Why are you so upset of words on a screen? How do you deal with opposing views in real life? Do you fight or do you take shelter?

I don't hide from anything...certainly not an obvious jerk, such as yourself.

That’s the spirit.

(November 1, 2021 at 6:05 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote: Can you please describe what and where you are in a belief system? Or no belief system? Or lack of belief?

Once you’ve answered that, can you please answer the following: What can you tell me about souls and the existence of an afterlife?

Thank you.

Epistemologically I'm a rational skeptic, morally I'm a humanist. I'm an agnostic atheist.

There doesn't seem to be compelling evidence that souls in the sense of a spirit that survives the death of the body or an afterlife for it to survive in are real.

(November 2, 2021 at 10:28 am)GaryAnderson Wrote: The correct answer for the dictionary definition of an atheist is : “I don’t know” regarding the existence of the afterlife and souls. A few of you have said that, in different words. 

You seem to be under the impression that views on gods necessarily entails specific views on souls and the afterlife. They do not. I can be an atheist and believe in the existence of souls and an afterlife. Some belief systems about gods assume things about gods, souls, and the afterlife. Belief in the Christian god entails beliefs about souls and the afterlife, but atheism isn't about the Christian god alone. Atheism in general isn't one of those belief systems and says nothing about souls and the afterlife.

By the way, dictionaries disagree on proper usage, but in general only report how people use a word; they really have no authority to dictate how a word should be used.

Devout pastafarian.

The only way to the great beyond is through FSM. Obviously we have souls if we didn't then who are all those chicken soup books for?

Just as a note: an atheist CAN believe in souls and/or an afterlife, it's unusual among Western atheists, but I have met Buddhists who don't believe in any gods but do believe in reincarnation. I've met atheists who believe in ghosts as well. There just as much an atheist as I am, since they don't believe any deific beings are actually real.

To the OP: Self-reports about why people believe what they do can be interesting but not very instructive. Maybe you could just hang out for a while and get a sense of who everyone is personally and become part of the community.

(November 2, 2021 at 10:42 am)GaryAnderson Wrote:

(November 2, 2021 at 10:40 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Here's a little something you should know...going back to your spouting off about rules and banning and blah, blah, fucking blah.

I can, at any time, click a couple things and blast you into forum oblivion.  However, you are still here...not because you are a wonderful addition to the forum but because we, as staff, have rules we have to follow that require us to listen to the snarky drivel that spews forth from people like you.

How is the view from you high horse?

Why are you so upset of words on a screen? How do you deal with opposing views in real life? Do you fight or do you take shelter?

One can disagree without being disagreeable. Since you’ve been snarky and condescending since your first intro post, this doesn’t seem to be a skill you’ve mastered.

Boru