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

submitted 1 year ago by azmalent to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't believe it, but I some times wonder if some kind of self is preserved as energy within the universe somehow. Effectively being a soul, but in a sense of physics more than spirituality. Much like how the physical body will decay and return to the earth, the energy that makes up consciousness could simply return to the universe.