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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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[–] Jongaros@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

No. I believe soul is a human construct that is meant to be self defense mechanism to feel like we are special instead of bunch of meat with chemicals.

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[–] Chufi@lemmy.one [B] 1 point 3 years ago

Richard Dawkins said something along the lines of : "You have a brain that works by nerve impulses, and when that decays, what could possibly be left "

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