Atheists do you believe in.....
karma?
fate?
aliens, big foot?
soul mates or true love?
and psychics?
2007-02-13 20:59:51 · 10 answers · asked by Loathing 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm an Atheist so I guess I'm qualified to answer this question:
Karma: No, it doesn't make sence that the universe should some how recognise the difference between good and bad deeds when 'good' and 'bad' are so subjective
Fate: Not really, although I also don't believe in free will. All decisions you make are due to the way in which your brain is 'hard wired' such that you couldn't have decided any other way. Even when you make a random choice, the choice is already made in your brain. All events in the universe are determined by the events that occured previously. The only scope for anything different exists in Quantum Mechanics, where probability is introduced. Even then, the principal of equivelence means Quantum Mechanics effects won't violate the classical physics laws on average over a macroscopic scale. I don't believe in Fate because I don't believe my life is planned. I also don't believe I have any say in how my life proceeds, and I don't believe in choice.
Aliens: Sure, it is quite likely there will be life on other planets, but I do not know whether they will find life in our solar system other than that which originated on Earth.
Big Foot: Personally, I don't believe in Big Foot, but I won't dispute the fact that a large upright primate could exist somewhere in the world. Why not?
Soul mates: Nope, I don't believe in the soul. The soul is an illusion generated in our brains as a result of our evolution. Obviously, organisms with a strong sense of 'self' are more likely to try to survive and, hence, breed more.
True Love: Not really, although I do believe that some couples are much more compatible than others. I don't really believe in love scientifically, but I still enjoy the illusion of love and am happy to be blissfully ignorant of the origin of that illusion.
Psychics: Not at all. There is no interaction between two different brains.
2007-02-13 21:06:01 · answer #1 · answered by Mawkish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karma - no
fate - no
aliens - yes, But believe is the wrong word. I accept that on the balance of probabilities it is unlikely that there is no life elsewhere in the universe.
big foot - no, but I know little of the myths. If you asked about the loch ness monster I could give a more difinitive NO.
Soul mate/true love - no. BUT some people are more compatible than others and there is such a thing as a near-perfect match. However, I suspect most people have several potential partners that fit this description.
Psychics - absolutely not
2007-02-14 05:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by The Truth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above. I'm agnostic about aliens, though I'm reasonably certain none has ever visited Earth. Love is a feeling of companionship and association; what you seem to be talking about is the type of manic love that the American Psychological Association categorizes as a form of madness. We all get it, we all usually get over it (obsessives and stalkers don't), and it's quite nice for a while, but it's still a chemical imbalance in the brain.
2007-02-14 05:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karma...sure you get what you give...what goes around comes around...not faith, just reality. Bad people have bad things happen to them. Good people have bad things happen to them...It's called L I F E
Fate- nope if you get ran over by a car and died today...would that mean if you stayed home you still would have died today...nope
Aliens- why do you think we are the only creatures with life? I believe that if we survive on this earth then it is plausible that other creatures may survive on other planets just fine. Would I go every week to "try" and speak to them or spend one dime to prove it...no. If there are aliens...great, if not... great!
Big Foot....Shaq qualifies....just not hairy.
Soul Mates or true love---That I see wit my own eyes every single day!!!
Psychics- Yes, they have proven themselves time and time again with law enforcement agencies worldwide. Would I pray to one...nope!
2007-02-14 05:13:55 · answer #4 · answered by aprildin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Buddhist (atheist) and yes I believe in karma, sentient beings on other worlds, altruism, and as far as psychics are concered... yes, the ones who really have been reborn with a REAL ability to sense such things. Not that I can do that myself.
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2007-02-14 07:44:38 · answer #5 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spirituality is born from a personal occurrence with a divine, psychic or mystical experience of one form or another which inevitably connects a person to All that Is/God/Goddess/Allah/Great Spirit /whatever you want to call it.
Religion is second hand opinion of someone else’s divine experience. I think you will find that religions, and especially fanatical religions, tend to separate and divide people, while spirituality brings people together.
Thank God that Spirituality is on the increase!
For those who are ready, no explanation is necessary and for those who are not, no explanation is possible! http://www.psychic-junkie.com
2007-02-14 14:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a long-term loving relationship with my partner as for the the rest they are superstition and fantasy...although I do think there is most probably life on other planets I have no reason to think they visit ours.
2007-02-14 05:16:15 · answer #7 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me none of the above except perhaps aliens.. But I do not believe they are on the earth.
2007-02-14 05:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope.
id LIKE to beleive in soul mates & true love...but there have been ALOT of girls that ive met that im compatible with...
2007-02-14 05:05:05 · answer #9 · answered by johnny.zondo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True love, yes. The others, no.
2007-02-14 05:04:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋