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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's still "you" when no molecule was left of you?

[–] morgan_423@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's still an exact arrangement of matter that's identical to your original configuration. So one would think that all the properties arising from it (such as consciousness) would be the same. So it's You Part 2 (or Part two quintillion, there's really no way to know which loop we're on).

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'd consider that identical, but not the same