2007-03-10 13:26:58 · 17 answers · asked by San Antonio de Malarque 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No such thing exists.
2007-03-10 13:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well, I believe I have one, but its definition is not the usual definition of "soul."
I see the "soul" as being the personality of a certain individual, based solely on the chemical and electrical signals produced by the brain.
So, no, I don't believe in the "spirit" that is "attached" to the body and can "live" separated from the physical world. I believe that everyone has their own "soul," or "personality," but it's strictly found on the physical plane.
2007-03-10 21:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by Nanashi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course you have a soul. Simply put it's your personality, the better part of it at least. Physically it is the essence of who you are throughout the past, present, and future. Sadly for some people, the only concept they have of a soul is their social security number. And metaphysically, it is your link to your creator.
Sorry atheists, I'm not a fundamental freak or anything, and I admire that you are intelligent and can think on your own and all, but if you don't believe you have a soul, well then from one human being to another, I think you're stupid, foolish, insane, an idiot, unintelligent, lacking in the important qualities of mind, unable to discern the most important thing regarding human life, a moron, etc.
But it's okay, cause I know how hard it is to discover, so I'll do anything possible to help you out.
2007-03-10 21:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by Julian 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. I'm convinced that there's no such thing. There's no reason to think that some immaterial part of us will survive the death of our physical bodies.
Conversely, there are reasons aplenty to ignore the shiny-suited lowlifes who insist that when you die, you won't really be dead and that they can bring you to a full understanding of this -- for a price.
As for the human consciousness and personality, these are products of the human brain -- which is also matter and not exempt from the Everything Dies rule.
Life is short, that's what makes it sweet. Enjoy it. You won't get another.
2007-03-10 21:44:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Except for those believing in reincarnation it is going to be rare for an atheist to believe in a soul.
2007-03-10 21:34:42 · answer #5 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soul is just a projection of one´s own mind. Most religions needed the idea of a soul just to make the idea of immortality believable
2007-03-10 21:30:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A soul is but a metaphor for many things.
2007-03-10 21:30:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
no after life there is nothing. Heaven is a place that exists only in imaginations
2007-03-10 21:31:59 · answer #8 · answered by Charlotte 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I sold it at the 99 cent store.
:P
2007-03-10 21:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by Skeptic123 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a consciousness, if that's what you mean. Whether that consciousness survives bodily death in any form is another, and currently unanswerable, question.
2007-03-10 21:31:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends. How do you define "soul"?
2007-03-10 21:31:37 · answer #11 · answered by RickySTT, EAC 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋