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souls
June 10, 2013 at 1:54 am
do you believe in the concept of souls?

as an atheist i dont believe in souls in the same terms christians do. but i do believe we are souls, and that it is not a separate entity but apart of us. when we die, it dies with us.
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 2:03 am
No Angel Cloud

And if there does happen to be another asshole tenant occupying this body without my permission, I'm kicking his ass out.
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 2:28 am
No.

As with every supernatural claim, there is no evidence to back up the assertion that a 'soul exists' aside anecdote and 'faith' in one.

As such, the claim that it exists can be rejected.
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 2:35 am
I hate the phrase, "I believe...". Most of the time the statement contains a fallacy of some sort or is woo-based.
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Re: souls
June 10, 2013 at 3:15 am
No. The soul is just what they called your consciousness before anyone had a fucking clue what was going on. These people thought the brain was useless and the heart was for thinking and shit.
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 3:18 am
I believe I have an immaterial mind, yes. You might call that a soul.
"I know what you are thinking about,' said Tweedledum: 'but it isn't so, nohow.'

'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." ~Tweedledum and Tweedledee discussing the finer points of logic
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 3:20 am
No. Angel Cloud
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 3:20 am
Of course not.

What kind of idiot believes in souls?
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 5:13 am
(June 10, 2013 at 1:54 am)inidigo Wrote: do you believe in the concept of souls?

as an atheist i dont believe in souls in the same terms christians do. but i do believe we are souls, and that it is not a separate entity but apart of us. when we die, it dies with us.
If you call the "soul" my special wiring of neurons that gives rise to my character, my inner experiences and my psyche, then yes, of course there are souls, it's one of the few things one can be certain of.

But the word "soul" is really a hot potatoe, better call it something else, too much Christian cow manure attached.
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RE: souls
June 10, 2013 at 8:51 am
Not in the Christian sense, no. But I do think there is something about the unconscious which is not subservient to my conscious druthers and which has had some role in determining which of my many enviromental influences have conspired to make me me. "Soul" will do, but hold the immortal part. This is strictly an embodied thing, same as mind.
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