Most atheists I have been in contact with are atheists for the very simple reason that there is a severe lack of compelling evidence for any theistic claims. As such, most atheists don't believe in souls either due to no compelling evidence for them either.
Souls don't necessarily have to do with a higher being as they potentially could just be a function of the universe itself and have nothing to do with any deities at all.
Just as a side note, the Big Bang doesn't necessarily exclude God at all. I believed in both for a long time as a Catholic, along with evolution, abiogenesis by natural means (this is unproven currently), and quite a few other things that might be considered heretical. The key factor here is that all of these things that have been discovered were formerly the domain of the various gods; these were just the various gaps that gods provided answers to. However, the gods of the modern age are trickier. These gods inhabit no area in space, are outside of time, can do anything, and can for inexplicable reasons make everything appear as though they are not even necessary at all.
These new gods take nothing more than skepticism to dispel. Apply the same amount of incredulity that you would when someone tells you they have a billion dollars in their pocket as when someone tells you they know god.
Demand evidence.
As a side side note, sorry about the note being longer than the actual comment. I tend to ramble sometimes, especially on this type of subject.
IIN that i dont belive in God but i believe that people have souls
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Is it normal? No. Does that matter? Also no.
Most atheists I have been in contact with are atheists for the very simple reason that there is a severe lack of compelling evidence for any theistic claims. As such, most atheists don't believe in souls either due to no compelling evidence for them either.
Souls don't necessarily have to do with a higher being as they potentially could just be a function of the universe itself and have nothing to do with any deities at all.
Just as a side note, the Big Bang doesn't necessarily exclude God at all. I believed in both for a long time as a Catholic, along with evolution, abiogenesis by natural means (this is unproven currently), and quite a few other things that might be considered heretical. The key factor here is that all of these things that have been discovered were formerly the domain of the various gods; these were just the various gaps that gods provided answers to. However, the gods of the modern age are trickier. These gods inhabit no area in space, are outside of time, can do anything, and can for inexplicable reasons make everything appear as though they are not even necessary at all.
These new gods take nothing more than skepticism to dispel. Apply the same amount of incredulity that you would when someone tells you they have a billion dollars in their pocket as when someone tells you they know god.
Demand evidence.
As a side side note, sorry about the note being longer than the actual comment. I tend to ramble sometimes, especially on this type of subject.