(May 30, 2016 at 4:50 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: It occurred to me that this is counter to the idea of orthodox atheism, which asserts that there is no “I,” no part of a human being that is separate from the body.
Atheism is just not having the belief that gods exist.
"Orthodox atheism" is nonsense; there's no such thing.
Most Buddhists, to take one example, are atheists who believe in souls.