Where do atheists think dead souls are?

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I’m aiming this at atheists who do not believe in God, Heaven, Hell etc but visit mediums to contact the dead.

Where do they think they are then?

Also why do they think they have to wait six months after the persons death before contacting them?
 
Nelka said:
Also why do they think they have to wait six months after the persons death before contacting them?
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First of all, I doubt the person is a true atheist if they believe in the afterlife. They may not be affiliated with a particular religion, but that hardly seems the kind of thing a hard core atheist would be into.

I guess the six month thing is some spiritualist thing. I have no idea. I have never heard of that.
 
Some atheists I know believe like that but I wonder whether some atheists have this medium problem when someone dies?
 
I’ve never known an atheist who tried to contact someone in the afterlife. Maybe you’re thinking of wiccans or something?
 
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You’d be surprised at how easy it is to find atheists that contradict themselves
 
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You’d be surprised at how easy it is to find atheists that contradict themselves
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So true.

This might be impossible to answer unless one of these really confused “atheists” are on CAF. They would have to tell us where exactly they think the souls of the dead go, because a real atheist - as far as I understand - believes death is a simple finality and that there isn’t a soul. On the other hand, I have absolutely known pagans and wiccans who have reached out to mediums to contact a deceased relative or friend, so maybe someone more knowledgeable of those practices can step in and answer the “where” and “6 months” question.
 
I wanted to ask the women at work but as they had someone die in their lives I didn’t want to upset them.
 
All the atheists I’ve known think when you die that’s it, you just cease to exist and there’s no “afterlife”. The only stuff they see surviving is the person’s earthly legacy, like their children, the memories living people have of them, their works of art or science or business etc that they left behind, or maybe through good deeds they did on earth.

In my experience, people who consult spiritualists tend to either be new age types, or practitioners of some religion (Christian or otherwise) who for whatever reason don’t see it as a bad thing to consult a medium. Or else they are just so grieving and desperate they’ll try anything in hopes of hearing again from their dead loved one.
 
Nelka said:
I’m aiming this at atheists who do not believe in God, Heaven, Hell etc but visit mediums to contact the dead.

Where do they think they are then?

Also why do they think they have to wait six months after the persons death before contacting them?
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How about we start with my position that there’s no such thing as a soul at all.
 
niceatheist said:
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Nelka:
I’m aiming this at atheists who do not believe in God, Heaven, Hell etc but visit mediums to contact the dead.

Where do they think they are then?

Also why do they think they have to wait six months after the persons death before contacting them?
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How about we start with my position that there’s no such thing as a soul at all.
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I appreciate the honest expression of beliefs, even though I don’t agree.
 
@niceatheist, would you agree with my view? It is this. Anyone who believes he can communicate with the souls of dead people is, by definition, not an atheist. If he describes himself as an “atheist,” he is simply misusing the word.
 
You may be conflating Paganism with Atheism. Pagans believe in afterlife. Witchcraft is a form of Paganism.
 
I know this was directed to niceatheist but I will answer that you are correct. Perhaps this person doesn’t believe in God and thus was assumed to be an atheist but he/she most assuredly believes in some other supernatural entity. If you don’t believe in souls then there is nothing to contact. This sounds like a belief system other than monotheism…perhaps pagan or new age?
 
BartholomewB said:
@niceatheist, would you agree with my view? It is this. Anyone who believes he can communicate with the souls of dead people is, by definition, not an atheist. If he describes himself as an “atheist,” he is simply misusing the word.
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I wouldn’t go that far. Atheism, by definition, is a disbelief in God. I can contemplate someone being an atheist and still believing in souls. I’d say that would be atypical of a modern atheist, but not an atheist, I wouldn’t go that far.
 
I’ve never known an atheist…and I know a lot of them…that believes in the supernatural. I guess they can exist but would they label themselves atheist? I guess I’m just stumped!

I’ve met Wiccans and new agers that don’t believe in God or gods but they don’t call themselves atheists either. Interesting!
 
It’s a trick question, atheists don’t believe in a soul, period. Something that doesn’t exist has no reason or way to go anywhere.
 
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