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Could you still be an Atheist and believe in a "Soul"?

Poll: Could you still be an Atheist and believe in a "Soul"?
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Plato's "soul" may exist and therefore there is a creator. I am a temporary Atheist and waiting for a new religous belief system based on Plato's ideals.
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Could you still be an Atheist and believe in a "Soul"?
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RE: Could you still be an Atheist and believe in a "Soul"?
September 10, 2015 at 11:55 pm (This post was last modified: September 11, 2015 at 12:21 am by CristW.)
The evidence against Plato/Socrates argument is the siege of Athens during the rule of Pericles. The morals and ethical religious teachings, among the ancient Greek "soul believers" were removed as soon as disease spread within the city during the siege.

Point: If they believed in a "soul", and if virtues derive from a "soul", then the populace of the city would have kept being filled with virtue(s) rather than increasing in vice. They would have been calm and been tranquil and preservered during the siege because their religious teachings created virtues.

Conclusion: Virtues do not derive from the BELIEF OF A SOUL.
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RE: Could you still be an Atheist and believe in a "Soul"? - by CristW - September 10, 2015 at 11:55 pm

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