Fandom Forums - View Single Post

ACt · 10-28-2011, 09:31 AM

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."

10-28-2011, 09:31 AM	#10
ACt Heart Wizard Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Halls of Irreverence Posts: 3,285 Thanks: 5,339 Thanked 18,801 Times in 4,886 Posts	Re: Athiests...quick question... 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." __________________ It's amazing to me that, unlike in the real world, people on the internet will wear "everyone thinks I'm a moron" as a badge of honour.