Do you believe in a soul (life)

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Tue, 08/29/2017 - 14:41

Foamkitty

Hey fellow Atheists.

I just have a question regarding the soul concept, as the ideas into it concern me..

One thing that worries me is the idea a life or soul is only in the brain, as one describes it, a hallucination: https://www.quora.com/If-consciousness-is-hallucinated-by-the-brain-who-...

I wouldn't call our lives a hallucination, this is extremely disturbing. As an atheist, I don't believe a life (as we experience it now) doesn't require a soul.

We're still individual lives that can be sentient and exist. I acknowledge it because I know I have something like a soul.

This doesn't require God OR an existence of an afterlife. Any thoughts?

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Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:00

Flamenca

Well, I was the one who

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:12

Randomhero1982

I'm more curious to if

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:15

mbrownec

I prefer to think of a "soul"

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:31

(Reply to #4) #5

Daniel

Where is your internal

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 16:36

(Reply to #5) #6

mbrownec

@Freefromgod

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 16:59

(Reply to #6) #7

Daniel

mbrownec, are you suggesting

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 17:19

(Reply to #7) #8

mbrownec

@Freefromgod

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 23:20

(Reply to #8) #9

Randomhero1982

My father in law passed away

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 19:15

(Reply to #9) #10

ʝօɦռ 6IX ɮʀɛɛʐʏ

Sir, tumors are some of the

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:18

#11

Flamenca

So, mbrownec, in that sense,

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 16:20

(Reply to #11) #12

mbrownec

....would animals have souls?

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 10:51

(Reply to #12) #13

xenoview

Why wouldn't other animals

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 11:26

(Reply to #13) #14

Nyarlathotep

Yes, it would seem

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:21

#15

Daniel

I dont believe in a soul

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:24

#16

Nyarlathotep

Why stop at one soul if we

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:39

#17

Randomhero1982

Ronnie Barker said shoes have

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 16:34

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algebe

He was an atheist to the last

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:49

#19

Foamkitty

Perhaps we can replace soul

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 15:58

(Reply to #19) #20

Daniel

If we replace soul with

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 17:24

#21

Flamenca

/blockquote I currently have

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 17:27

#22

Foamkitty

@AngieBot I heard of

Tue, 08/29/2017 - 17:34

#23

Flamenca

Satanic, thks. I agree. Brain

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 02:06

#24

chimp3

I have a brain which is an

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 09:52

#25

MCDennis

I believe that soul food

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 10:08

#26

Flamenca

MCD, could you spand on that?

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