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Human Rasengan

10-27-2011 10:51 PM

Athiests...quick question...

Not really a debate but this question came to me a few days ago but then I lost the thought and then it hit me again so here it is and I'm interested in these responses

To all athiests- Do you have a soul.... and if so what's it for?

Mal	10-27-2011 11:35 PM

Re: Athiests...quick question...

I am not an atheist, but I can give you an answer: There is no legitimate, convincing evidence that any living thing has a soul, and no reason to believe that life requires anything like a soul to exist.

stubborn_d0nkey

10-28-2011 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Human Rasengan (Post 2021939)

I see two elephants and a frog.

Human Rasengan

10-28-2011 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mal (Post 2021955)

so as a believer you don't thinkthere is a soul or like most religeous things don't know of any way to prve its existance?

kael03

10-28-2011 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Human Rasengan (Post 2021939)

My answer: I sold it to gain the intelligence to make you look stupid, though that's not that difficult of a feat.

Actual answer: What Mal said.

Human Rasengan

10-28-2011 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by kael03 (Post 2022063)

Actual answer: What Mal said.

So is that a yes or a no do you or do you not have a soul.. its really a simple question

Human Rasengan

10-28-2011 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Mal (Post 2021955)

So in essence what you're saying is on that note there really isn't anythign special seperating mankind from animals?

Numinous

10-28-2011 07:13 AM

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HR, what is the definition of soul you are using? There are so many interpretations of the word that I'd like to know which one is being debated.

Mal	10-28-2011 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Human Rasengan (Post 2022044)

so as a believer you don't thinkthere is a soul or like most religeous things don't know of any way to prve its existance?

As a believer, I believe that the "soul" and the "spirit" are two separate entities and that I have both. I have personal evidence that supports, for myself, the idea that God exists as I believe He does, and by extension the existence of the soul. There is still no external, testable evidence.

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Originally Posted by Human Rasengan (Post 2022075)

So in essence what you're saying is on that note there really isn't anythign special seperating mankind from animals?

If man resulted from nature through natural processes with no divine intervention, then there is no such thing as a soul and man is in fact an animal. If this is the case, then I also believe that free will does not exist but let's hold off on that discussion until you've clarified your definition of "soul" to Numinous.

ACt	10-28-2011 09:31 AM

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I'll echo Numinous: define what you mean by soul and I will answer your question to your satisfaction, but I can give some points:

Do I believe in an afterlife? No. With the biochemical death of my brain I believe my consciousness will disappear. All the definitions of "self" or "spirit" are created by my brain and without it, my "self" will no longer be. Someone who is brain-dead is not the same person and could be considered, if I can assume your definition, soulless.

Do I believe anything that is now a part of me survives my death? Well, yeah. We are atoms and energy and both are pretty universal that they will pass to some other form of life or matter and continue in this world as a part of something other than me. I am connected to life in that way so, while the "me" will be gone, what I am will remain, albeit in an unrecognizable. In so far as any of this being defined as my soul, which is generally considered to survive our corporeal bodies, I don't so. So I am generally inclined to not believe in a soul and any evidence to such is merely just the ongoing philosophical debate we have within and between ourselves when it comes to the definition of "self."

Demi-God

10-28-2011 05:35 PM

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HR - Do you have a soul? And what's it for?

kael03

10-28-2011 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Demi-God (Post 2022700)

HR - Do you have a brain? And what's it for?

Fixed for accuracy.

ninjalostboy95

10-28-2011 06:31 PM

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I have a soul, as long as my conscience exists, I have a soul.

Mal	10-29-2011 12:17 AM

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Your conscience or your consciousness?

ACt	10-29-2011 08:11 AM

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