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Is there any reason to believe that such a thing as a soul exists?

By which i mean a fundamental part of who we are which survives after death.
It seems to me that anything which we attribute to the soul is more properly attributed to the brain which of course does NOT survive beyond death.

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SW-User
None whatsoever. And - flash! - there's no such thing as heaven, either.
@SW-User

I think when we move beyond magical thinking and explanations that were constructed before scientific discovery, the idea of the soul will fall away.
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@Pikachu

That's a whole lot of fanciful thinking, too... old habits and superstitions offer too many people comfort for some damn reason. What's more likely to happen is a nation of religious nut cases will get "The Bomb" and do everybody in.
@SW-User

lol well maybe i should have said if we move beyond magical thinking
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@Pikachu

I guess I phrased my comment a bit too forcefully. Sorry about that but... look how close Trump may be to running for POTUS again. And - gulp! - possibly winning the whole thing!