Souls and Evolution

[AV1611VET]

According to atheist doctrine, do glorified apes have souls?

(Just a simple YES or NO will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)

 

[Skaloop]

According to atheist doctrine, do glorified apes have souls?

(Just a simple YES or NO will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)

No.

 

[Hespera]

Originally Posted by AV1611VET

According to atheist doctrine, do glorified apes have souls?

(Just a simple YES or NO will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)
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No.

Trick question from the spoutmeister / threadjacker

There is no "atheist doctrine".

 

[Skaloop]

Originally Posted by AV1611VET

According to atheist doctrine, do glorified apes have souls?

(Just a simple YES or NO will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)

​

Trick question from the spoutmeister / threadjacker

There is no "atheist doctrine".

That's part of why I said no.

 

[mark kennedy]

According to atheist doctrine, do glorified apes have souls?

(Just a simple YES or NO will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)

I think they do but consider it more like software, for lack of a better word, then an ethereal inner self.

 

[Cabal]

According to atheist doctrine, do glorified apes have souls?

(Just a simple YES or NO will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)

Shouldn't this thread be titled "Souls and atheism?"

 

[Skaloop]

Shouldn't this thread be titled "Souls and atheism?"

But then it couldn't be in the CrEvo section.

 

[Cabal]

But then it couldn't be in the CrEvo section.

True enough. Thought this would be an interesting question and then I saw "atheist doctrine" (?) in the first line, which kinda ruled me out of discussion.

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

What's a "glorified ape," and what is "atheist doctrine."

 

[Skaloop]

True enough. Thought this would be an interesting question and then I saw "atheist doctrine" (?) in the first line, which kinda ruled me out of discussion.

That's not stopping Mark from telling us atheists what we think.

 

[Cabal]

That's not stopping Mark from telling us atheists what we think.

Lol, I noticed.

Does it produce an angry dialog box in your programming?

 

[Hespera]

That's not stopping Mark from telling us atheists what we think.

He was reading my mind in another thread, too.

 

[Skaloop]

He was reading my mind in another thread, too.

The "You can't argue with DNA" thread? I've been watching that one.

 

[atomweaver]

According to atheist doctrine, do glorified apes have souls?

(Just a simple YES or NO will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)

Moot, because there is no atheist doctrine.

According to those who believe in souls, when a human embryo splits into two separate entities, say, five days after conception, does the soul likewise split in two, or does a new soul get implanted..? In other words, do identical twins have half a soul apiece, or is one of them soulless at conception? (Just a simple Either/Or will do, please --- this isn't an invitation to spout.)

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

Objection your honor, leading the witness.

 

[AV1611VET]

Anyone besides Skaloop and Mark Kennedy want to answer this?

So far, I have an atheist that says NO:

• a Buddhist that thinks it's a trick question
• a Seeker that doesn't know your doctrine
• an Agnostic who says you don't have any doctrine
• a Christian who thought the title should be reworded

Anyone else?

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

And a baptist who can't/won't define what a "glorified" ape and atheist "doctrine" is.

 

[Tinker Grey]

No. The concept of a soul emerges from the apparent properties of our wet-ware.

And, of course, I agree with those saying that atheists have no doctrine.

 

[AV1611VET]

And, of course, I agree with those saying that atheists have no doctrine.

You can deny it all you want, but the dictionary says otherwise.

All I'm asking is, is there a science book somewhere that has a chapter on the soul of a human being?

Is this taught in biology, or anthropology, or [whatever] class as science?

You've either been taught it, or you haven't.

You would know --- I wouldn't.

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

You can deny it all you want, but the dictionary says otherwise.

All I'm asking is, is there a science book somewhere that has a chapter on the soul of a human being?

Is this taught in biology, or anthropology, or [whatever] class as science?

You've either been taught it, or you haven't.

You would know --- I wouldn't.

We finally agree on something, that is, you wouldn't know.

The concept of the soul is a metaphysical one. It is usually left to religions and philosophers to debate and define. The soul is not empiracally observable, and therefore cannot be falsified.

Again, what is a "glorified" ape, and what is atheist "doctrine"?