Since no two people can agree on what a ‘soul’ is supposed to be, what it does, where to look for it, and how to recognise it when you do, questions about souls are essentially meaningless.
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What word might an atheist use for soul?
People use the word ‘soul’ to mean many diverse things, most of them poorly defined and inconsistent. If an atheist wants to take the trouble to clarify exactly what, if anything, a particular believer means when they use the word, then they can use that information when they communicate with that believer; but it won’t help them …
Why does science not want to accept that we are immortal, reincarnated, and have a soul?
Because no reliable, objective, replicable evidence has ever been presented for these claims under conditions that are adequate for science.
Science in recent years has proven that the soul is real; why has psychology not incorporated this new data and adjusted the field’s perspective accordingly?
Because ‘science’ hasn’t proven any such thing.
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