Atheists/agnostics of Lemmy, do you believe in the existence of souls?
Atheists/agnostics of Lemmy, do you believe in the existence of souls?
If you do, then what exactly defines a soul in your view?
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It really depends on what you mean? It's a purposely, nearly obtusely, intangible concept. I'm not unwilling to talk about it if I get a proper definition, but my opinion would be a mere opinion formed from the facts I have on hand. I have some suppositions that are outside the realm of what science has been able to dig in to, but without actually factual backing, I also acknowledge that my ideas are conjecture that line up with how I perceive the world.
The ephemeral pattern of personhood or consciousness that appears to animate animals and that disappears when they die
What does consciousness mean on a material level? Do you just mean the brain? The brain does exist, yes.
Like the difference between a computer and the software running on it
I mean, ya, if that's how you wanna define a soul, I'll say that exists.
As for the more common definitions which tend to extend to moving that software around and that software moving to the cloud in the case of a system failure, I have no reason to believe the brain has wifi, gps, or satellite functionality.
But if we simply describe it as "the software on the brain", I hold no objection and can comfortably say it exists.