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I put no....I do not believe humans have souls...
I don't know of any evidence AND you say HUMANS...where is the evidence and for, and for what reason do you think humans are a special case?
Unless you are including the possibility for other living things too? But once again....no evidence.
We have a mind in our brains....I know of no evidence of anything eternal within us or that we have something immaterial, a 'soul' that out lives us.
I mean our energy is still left after we die....but if we're dead what good does that do...just as a corpse? I know of no evidence of any afterlife....and if our brain was damaged before we died - how would we recover in the afterlife anyway? I have no idea how that would work and I don't know of any afterlife or soul at all.
So no I don't believe in a souls or afterlife...whether human or any other living thing - I don't believe in souls or an afterlife.
And however much I'd want to believe....that's not going to add a shred of evidence to it - that doesn't make it true.
EvF
EDIT: For some reason I read it that you were a spiritual atheist Theo, but your views just say 'Curious'. - so I thought your question was rhetorical.
Yes atheists can be spiritual. Atheists simply don't believe in God(s) as in a supernatural being, creator, designer, etc - everything else is entirely optional. Atheism is not a belief...its just ONE specified absence of a belief....nothing more in and of itself. Like I said - the rest is optional.
I put no....I do not believe humans have souls...
I don't know of any evidence AND you say HUMANS...where is the evidence and for, and for what reason do you think humans are a special case?
Unless you are including the possibility for other living things too? But once again....no evidence.
We have a mind in our brains....I know of no evidence of anything eternal within us or that we have something immaterial, a 'soul' that out lives us.
I mean our energy is still left after we die....but if we're dead what good does that do...just as a corpse? I know of no evidence of any afterlife....and if our brain was damaged before we died - how would we recover in the afterlife anyway? I have no idea how that would work and I don't know of any afterlife or soul at all.
So no I don't believe in a souls or afterlife...whether human or any other living thing - I don't believe in souls or an afterlife.
And however much I'd want to believe....that's not going to add a shred of evidence to it - that doesn't make it true.
EvF
EDIT: For some reason I read it that you were a spiritual atheist Theo, but your views just say 'Curious'. - so I thought your question was rhetorical.
Yes atheists can be spiritual. Atheists simply don't believe in God(s) as in a supernatural being, creator, designer, etc - everything else is entirely optional. Atheism is not a belief...its just ONE specified absence of a belief....nothing more in and of itself. Like I said - the rest is optional.
