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The Sects of Atheism
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#281
RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:35 pm
The soul is just a part of you that survives throughout incarnations. What exactly it is, beyond the former description, has yet to be determined.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:36 pm
(November 3, 2021 at 4:34 pm)possibletarian Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:31 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote: The soul is awareness after death and yes we will talk about consciousness in another topic. I will use google translate when speaking to you.

What reason do you have to even introduce awareness after death ?
Oh no. Evasion detected. Basically you got your answer and don’t want to address the OP.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:36 pm (This post was last modified: November 3, 2021 at 4:38 pm by possibletarian.)
(November 3, 2021 at 4:33 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:32 pm)possibletarian Wrote: The dictionary definition is

1.
the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings.
"she failed to regain consciousness and died two days later"

2.
a person's awareness or perception of something.
"her acute consciousness of Luke's presence"

Is this what you mean ?  Is this what you call a soul ?

Yes.

Okay, so what ?
(November 3, 2021 at 4:36 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:34 pm)possibletarian Wrote: What reason do you have to even introduce awareness after death ?
Oh no. Evasion detected. Basically you got your answer and don’t want to address the OP.

Well do you have a reason you want to share ? Tell us about why you came to this conclusion.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:37 pm
(November 3, 2021 at 4:36 pm)possibletarian Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:33 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote: Yes.

Okay, so what ?

So now answer the OP.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:39 pm (This post was last modified: November 3, 2021 at 4:40 pm by possibletarian.)
(November 3, 2021 at 4:37 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:36 pm)possibletarian Wrote: Okay, so what ?

So now answer the OP.

So you agree with the dictionary definition that didn't say 'soul' anywhere in it's definition ?

Maybe tell us how you came to the conclusion that there for instance is an afterlife ?
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:41 pm
(November 3, 2021 at 4:39 pm)possibletarian Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:37 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote: So now answer the OP.

So you agree with the dictionary definition that didn't say 'soul' anywhere in it's definition ?

Sure.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:52 pm (This post was last modified: November 3, 2021 at 4:56 pm by possibletarian.)
(November 3, 2021 at 4:41 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:39 pm)possibletarian Wrote: So you agree with the dictionary definition that didn't say 'soul' anywhere in it's definition ?

Sure.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul

Great stuff.. though I notice your dictionary definition is for the soul not consciousness please make your mind up what you want to discuss and don't flip-flop.

However, Lets take the first part of the definition.. (we can go deeper later)

'' the spiritual part of a person that is believed to give life to the body and in many religions is believed to live forever''

What do you believe spirit or spiritual part is, How does it give life,  and why do you believe it to be true ?
What reason do you have to believe it lives forever ?
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 4:56 pm (This post was last modified: November 3, 2021 at 4:57 pm by GaryAnderson.)
(November 3, 2021 at 4:52 pm)possibletarian Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:41 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote: Sure.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul

Great stuff..

Lets take the first part of the definition.. (we can go deeper later)

'' the spiritual part of a person that is believed to give life to the body and in many religions is believed to live forever''

What do you believe spirit or spiritual part is, How does it give life,  and why do you believe it to be true ?
What reason do you have to believe it lives forever ?

I see that you don’t want to answer the OP.
You are invited to another thread I will open later on, on consciousness, souls and some other paranormal stuff. In there, we can discuss your questions in detail.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 3, 2021 at 5:02 pm (This post was last modified: November 3, 2021 at 5:06 pm by possibletarian.)
(November 3, 2021 at 4:56 pm)GaryAnderson Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 4:52 pm)possibletarian Wrote: Great stuff..

Lets take the first part of the definition.. (we can go deeper later)

'' the spiritual part of a person that is believed to give life to the body and in many religions is believed to live forever''

What do you believe spirit or spiritual part is, How does it give life,  and why do you believe it to be true ?
What reason do you have to believe it lives forever ?

I see that you don’t want to answer the OP.
You are invited to another thread I will open later on, on consciousness, souls and some other paranormal stuff. In there, we can discuss your questions in detail.

It's okay, you can answer here. When you ask people what they believe about certain things, yet you cannot even coherently describe what you mean by them then exactly how did you expect it to go ?

Maybe try answering my clarification questions, to tell you what I think about anything I have to learn how you came to your conclusions other than just jabbing and flip-flopping definitions. Don't you think why you believe what you do is important to the question. ?

Why do you believe the 'soul' gives life or is life ?
What reason do you have to believe that anything survives death ?

Simple questions (one would think) for a believer in these things to answer. It may simply be that you just believe without evidence, that is an answer (though not a very satisfactory one) or you actually have evidence, which is it ?
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