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Debate: Do Atheist believe they have a soul? (view source)
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Given the definition of a soul from the initial question on this page, I would say no. Atheists do not believe in a God given soul. However if we expand the definition to include any kind of spiritual/non-material component to the body then I think you will find more variance to the answer. As for the above comments, I would have to say that I agree with LibAsCanBe, if God does exist and he is a loving and forgiving God as stated by the majority of the Christian faiths, being an atheist (or any religion) will not matter as long as you have lived a moral life. --[[User:ScottA|ScottA]] 20:44, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
Given the definition of a soul from the initial question on this page, I would say no. Atheists do not believe in a God given soul. However if we expand the definition to include any kind of spiritual/non-material component to the body then I think you will find more variance to the answer. As for the above comments, I would have to say that I agree with LibAsCanBe, if God does exist and he is a loving and forgiving God as stated by the majority of the Christian faiths, being an atheist (or any religion) will not matter as long as you have lived a moral life. --[[User:ScottA|ScottA]] 20:44, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
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(Guys, i thought this was a debate about whether or not atheist's believe they have a soul, NOT whether or not a "God" has the right to judge human actions or determine the state of a human's "soul" - whatever that is supposed to constitute - after death)Anyway i would have to say in the sense of human functioning, emotions, conciousness etc i would have to say that there would be no reason to believe that one has a soul because the idea of the soul along with all things supernatural is to me nonsensical (all that we experience seems to be cause-effect and material and so there is no need to assume there is anything past the material/physical).