Curious about athiesm?

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I don't believe in a "soul" as this invisible entity in our bodies that doesn't ever die. I believe we all have this part of us that remains constant throughout our lives, that part that gets giddy when we do something fun, or never ages or that kind of thing, but that exists in our brain and dies when we die.

I believe death is the end. Kaput. Nothing after. That's why I feel it's so important to live my life to the fullest and make a difference in the world, so that the world was better off for having had me in it and so there was a reason for my life.

Ethics, to me, are about living things. As long as a living thing isn't being hurt and we are contributing to the progress of our society, it's ethical. Burglary, for example, wouldn't be ethical because not only does it emotionally hurt the person being robbed, but it doesn't contribute to the progress of society. Make sense?

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We tend to believe, about the soul, what we do about the existence of a deity. There is no logical reason to conclude that such a thing exists. No evidence for a soul means that the intellectually honest position is one of doubt and disbelief until evidence can be produced.

We tend to believe that when you die thats the end. No afterlife, for the same reason as no belief in the soul or God. No evidence for such an idea.

We tend to view morality as being a combination of two things, nature and nurture. That it is innate within us. That certain morals are passed down and have helped us as we have evolved. Also, that morals are taught to us as we grew up by those around us. So a combination of our environment and an innate morality. Usually a person is attracted more towards one end of the spectrum than the other.

I use the word "tend" here because there isnt a great deal that one atheist has in common with another atheist aside from the obvious, a lack of a belief in the divine....Show more

Atheism is the lack of belief in gods and has no group position on anything else.

Answering personally, I believe that consciousness ceases along with brain function and that death is the end for an individual. Ethical decision making should be based on respect for others and avoiding harm....Show more

I'm not an atheist, I'm agnostic, but depending on the mood, I may gravitate towards that direction and do know my stuff about atheism.

Atheists do not believe in soul. Death is the final ending. No reward or punishment, finito. Ethics lie inside your mind, and are decisions you should make yourselves, not be told what to do by some big beard in the sky....Show more

Soul - a myth
Death - it's the end
Ethics - Decided by hundreds of thousands of years of human beings interacting, learning, and spreading that learning to the next generation. Obviously, humans aren't the best learners, but we're not so bad....Show more