Dealing with loss

[Cinjin]

Sven,

My sincere condolences for the loss of your father. Death is so difficult to deal with - even for Christians. No one wants to say goodbye to those we loved so much in this life.

I have no platitudes or cliches to offer you. My only remark is for atheists in general.
An atheist, by definition is someone who does not believe in god(s). That is all. YET, you atheists tend to pile on. It's not just god is it? It's anything and everything that you cannot see or touch. My question to you is: Why must belief in the soul be attached to belief in god? There's no reason you can't separate them.

Belief in the existence of the soul ...

1. Does not make you an idiot.
2. Does not mean that you think souls live forever.
3. Does not mean that you think souls go to heaven or hell.
4. Does not mean that your loved ones are necessarily floating around you.
5. Does not mean that you have to believe what even ONE other person believes about the soul.
...etc...etc...


There is SO much unexplainable phenomena that happens on this planet that one cannot rule out the possibility that some "souls" may live on to either reincarnate or guide those who would. My only point here is that for some bizarre reason, atheists think that they are not allowed to believe in anything. As if some tiny fleck of belief will somehow damage or tarnish their standing as a bona fide atheist. Nonsense. I offer no evidence for my beliefs and answer those who ask honestly: I do not know what happens to the soul, but it is my belief that I may see my loved one again.