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Atheists/agnostics of Lemmy, do you believe in the existence of souls? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by azmalent@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If you do, then what exactly defines a soul in your view?

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[–] nivenkos@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

No, how would it work with Alzheimer's, brain tumours and other things that affect behaviour?

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[–] SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Not trying to argue at all, just spitballing off your thoughts: I feel like (assuming souls are things that exist) the brain is the hardware and the soul is the software in this scenario. If your computer’s mother board develops a problem, the data on your hard drive still exists and works; the hardware just can’t compute.

That all being said I’m an agnostic and I don’t really know the answer to OP’s question. I’ve kinda always assumed there was some star trekish we-are-just-energy thing going on. But I ultimately accept that we don’t know and can’t know and won’t know until we do.

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[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

Your example is flawed because the hard drive is also hardware and can also develop problems aside from everything else. I feel like a closer match would be information stored on the cloud, but that's just someone else's hard drive, so.... Yeah, I find the concept of a soul very weird.

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[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago

Your example is flawed because the hard drive is also hardware and can also develop problems aside from everything else. I feel like a closer match would be information stored on the cloud, but that's just someone else's hard drive, so.... Yeah, I find the concept of a soul very weird.

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[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago

Your example is flawed because the hard drive is also hardware and can also develop problems aside from everything else. I feel like a closer match would be information stored on the cloud, but that's just someone else's hard drive, so.... Yeah, I find the concept of a soul very weird.

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[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago

Your example is flawed because the hard drive is also hardware and can also develop problems aside from everything else. I feel like a closer match would be information stored on the cloud, but that's just someone else's hard drive, so.... Yeah, I find the concept of a soul very weird.

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