Do you believe the that you have a soul? (feddit.nu)

submitted 9 months ago by Hjalamanger@feddit.nu to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And do believe that I, this random guy on the internet has a soul

I personally don't believe that I anyone else has a soul. From my standup I don't se any reason to believe that our consciousness and our so called "soul" would be any more then something our brain is making up.

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[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Define to me concretely what constitutes a soul, and I will tell you. Do cats have souls? What about frogs? Snails? Amoebas? Trees? Or people on life support?

I have a self-aware consciousness. If that's what counts, then yes. However, this means that many people by the same definition don't.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 9 months ago

Only correct answer here. First define "soul". So far no human has ever been able to define it, so how do we know if we have one?

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