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If you do, then what exactly defines a soul in your view?

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[-] midas@ymmel.nl 48 points 1 year ago

I do not. When the brain stops working it's just the end. I wasn't raised religious and I've never 'felt' anything spiritual. I respect people who do, but I just don't - it doesn't make sense to me.

Not that I've a choice but I do feel a sense of calm in the fact that when I die there's nothing. We're just a blip in a never ending universe.

[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It was here long before us and it'll continue to exist long after us. It's initially a very terrifying truth but eventually it becomes our most comforting truth.

[-] cpoc@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

The brain is literally powered by electricity. Like any device, it stops working once the power turns off. Some people have a problem facing this mortality, but I think accepting it allows you to be more present in life.

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