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Subject: Re: for atheists and agnostics, a ? - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 8-May-84 19:35:00 EDT
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uiucdcs!liberte    May  8 18:35:00 1984

As an agnostic-agnostic (I am not sure that I cant know - in fact, I am
beginning to believe I can know) I do believe in the existence of souls.
This is not to say that I know it for sure.  I am just entertaining the
possibility.  Experimental belief, it's called.

The reasons I give for this belief are the result of years of consideration.
Evidence from ESP research indicates the existence of something beyond
the mind/body.  Evidence of memories of past lives being substantiated 
supports the belief of reincarnation of some continuous memory entity.
Evidence of the workings of astrology (not daily horoscopes) and its
link with reincarnation points to non-physical causal connections. 

I dont have any religious beliefs in the usual sense of the word.  Anything
I choose to believe must eventually be supported scientifically.  Until then
my beliefs are open to reevaluation and change.


Daniel LaLiberte,  U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science
{moderation in all things - including moderation}