# Immortal Spirit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753 "2010-01-13T03:34:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/1 "2010-01-13T03:34:18Z")
This is clearly non-falsifiable, but do you believe that humans have immortal spirits? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/2 "2010-01-13T03:41:54Z")
Yes. Shouldn’t this be a poll? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/3 "2010-01-13T04:02:26Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/4 "2010-01-13T04:10:07Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/5 "2010-01-13T04:11:33Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/6 "2010-01-13T04:13:06Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/7 "2010-01-13T04:31:48Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/8 "2010-01-13T04:34:53Z")
> [@Hilary\_Algar](#): > > This is clearly non-falsifiable, but do you believe that humans have immortal spirits? No. All the evidence is against it ( such as brain damage damaging the mind ); and there’s not even the slightest shred of evidence that such a thing is even possible, much less true. What’s a spirit made out of? Spiritonium? It’s pure wish fulfillment fantasy. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/9 "2010-01-13T05:14:11Z")
Nope. Can’t think of any reason to believe such a thing would exist. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/10 "2010-01-13T06:29:19Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/11 "2010-01-13T06:37:49Z")
Of course not. Why would anyone believe such a thing? ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/12 "2010-01-13T06:57:17Z")
Even if you accept the premise it’s just really hard to envision how it would work in practice. What was my soul doing before I was born? Why can’t I remember it? What is it’s purpose? Why does it need to borrow a physical body for such a miniscule length of time, compared to eternity, and why doesn’t it do something meaningful with it? Why is it hidden from me? It just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/13 "2010-01-13T07:39:06Z")
I sure hope not. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/14 "2010-01-13T08:11:10Z")
No. I see no reason to believe in it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/15 "2010-01-13T12:08:50Z")
I have not decided. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I want to but still don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/16 "2010-01-13T12:12:03Z")
Yes. Isn’t this a Great Debate? Or poll material? BTW, my sig deals tangently with this. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/17 "2010-01-13T12:35:41Z")
Yes. The wish, desire, and embodiment of an afterlife is too pervasive in the World’s religions. Sign me up for, probably not, but I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/18 "2010-01-13T12:38:02Z")
No ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/19 "2010-01-13T12:59:55Z")
No, but I sure hope to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753/20 "2010-01-13T13:26:04Z")
No. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortal-spirit/524753.md?page=2)