tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1028114554814482339..comments2024-03-29T11:18:17.285+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Atheists - Are you one hundred percent sure that death is one hundred percent extinction?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-46083519122604903102015-04-13T17:47:44.308+01:002015-04-13T17:47:44.308+01:00Yet at the same time, reductionistic materialism e...Yet at the same time, reductionistic materialism explains nothing!Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-58537781239929893162015-04-06T00:14:31.305+01:002015-04-06T00:14:31.305+01:00In fact, there is a lot of evidence, including out...In fact, there is a lot of evidence, including out of body experiences, and verifiable recollections of past lives, that the soul exists separately from the body....Atheists simply refuse to consider such evidence, since it contradicts their religion of nihilism.pyrrhushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150605108788285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78417288036684166862015-04-03T19:49:24.458+01:002015-04-03T19:49:24.458+01:00At some point, the belief that one is soulless act...At some point, the <em>belief</em> that one is soulless actually indicates the DESIRE for total annihilation, i.e., Final Liberation. Most radicals who have reached the finite metaphysical limitations of their own choosing have nothing more to do other than concede, reject and take a leap of faith OR <em>finally</em> liberate.Thordaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887901925655428541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-53767393387733675832015-04-03T18:48:26.425+01:002015-04-03T18:48:26.425+01:00I think the modern atheist belief in the extinctio...I think the modern atheist belief in the extinction of the soul after death is because of their deep commitment to reductionistic materialism as a full and complete explanation of reality.Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-13645595309500640422015-04-03T13:58:14.869+01:002015-04-03T13:58:14.869+01:00@Anon - I think you are wrong - the soul IS an IT ...@Anon - I think you are wrong - the soul IS an IT - indeed it is a WHO. <br /><br />If we start getting too complex and philosophical then this places the whole subject into the realms of the professional theologian. Billions of people have regarded the soul as a thing, a being. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-44571788390185819532015-04-03T13:18:06.011+01:002015-04-03T13:18:06.011+01:00Soul is not a thing, separated from the body.
The...Soul is not a thing, separated from the body.<br /><br />The soul is “that by which” a living thing is the unified living thing that it is. The soul is not a “what;” it is “that by which.” A “that by which” is a real principle that is a necessary source of the actuality of a thing. (from http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/03/14534/)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com