Do you believe in soul mates?

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It's obvious that atheists don't believe in soulmates.


I have the impression that religious/spiritual people are influenced by the Adam & Eve story, you know, one soul born from the rib of another.

It is mainly believed by people who believe in 'destiny' and "there's a meaning behind everything" and that sort of things.

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulmate# ... _soulmates

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I believe in soul, mate.

I don't think you're atheist, mate.

I do too, especially when it comes down to James Brown, the "King of Soul".

Dont forget the Queen of Soles

I do believe in soul mates and am an atheist.

I hardly believe that you define it the same way as religious people do.

You probably define it as “highly compatible person who you click with” and that may be more than one person. From atheist perspective, “soulmate” is just a matter or probability.

But I have the impression that religious/spiritual people define the term “soulmate” totally differently, it is more literally related to the soul; which we atheists don’t believe in, as if they believe that God (or whatever higher power they believe in according to their faith), created pairs of souls and humans spend their lives to find their “lost other part”.
From atheist perspective, this whole concept of God creating a soul(s) destined to be compatible just for you is ridiculous and makes no sense.

I've been atheist since I was ten.

A soulmate for me is someone you have a special connection with and click with on an extraordinary level. I do believe of course there is more than one because the world is a big place and it would be ridiculous if there was only one.

i don't believe mine is out there.

I was raised Christian, but I've always seen a lot of things from a reincarnation point-of-view, and I don't really know why, I don't know where these ideas came from.

Long before I even saw the film, my view of "soul mates" was always similar to "What Dreams May Come".

Just someone, or a group of people, and on this cosmic level, you're always meant to cross paths, even if it's only for a brief while.

Sometimes, the forces that bring them together are extraordinary. "Two people who are super compatible with each other" sounds nothing like a soul mate to me.


Yeah...probably...

Biblically there’s no concept of “soulmate.”

My formulation of “soulmate” is based on the idea of predestination, rather the idea that God already knows all possible outcomes and what happens is within God’s knowledge if not also within His will. God already knows who, if anyone, you’ll end up with. So we’re stuck with asking God’s help and praying that He’ll send the one He meant us for.

Eve was literally created from Adam to be his partner. Others arranged marriages to unite families sharing common goals. Others looked for a sign that the wife would be the one meant for someone. Result was always the same: God’s will was accomplished.

Bear in mind that polygamy was practiced, too, and for various reasons. One reason was to protect widows (kinsman-redeemer), and sometimes to continue a bloodline which, unfortunately, was not always in the best interest of the surviving brother. At any rate, polygamy does seem to blow a hole in the concept of “THE ONE.”

Except there always seems to be a favorite, like with Hannah (named my daughter after her, actually) and Peninah. Peninah was the one with all the children, but Hannah was always the favorite. Rachel and Leah, another example.

So are we really meant for just one “soulmate”? God only knows. But I like to think that we are. While the Bible does allow for polygamy, the Bible does not appear to regard it very highly. Rather, the Bible approaches it honestly and unemotionally, and the more you study it the less appealing it seems to be. Which raises the question of if there really is “the One” out there for us, will we always find him or her? Again, I like to think so.

You meant the soul music, don't you? :-/

I don't know, I don't think so. Though, if such a thing exists there's none for me, so I'm looking at it from a biased perspective.

Yes, I do. I think I've found my soul mate.