Nope, I sold my soul to the devil, ha! But no I do not have a soul, and other people say that they may.

I agree on theological grounds, but do believe in a soul that is defined by personality, character, and experience.

It depends how you define "soul". If, as Skado says, it's "the mental, emotional, intuitive and feeling components of a person", ie the totality of the conscious and subconscious minds, known as the psyche, then yes - I believe that exists. If it's a sort of ghost that continues to exist in some form after a living being dies, then no - I definitely don't believe in that.

I think that when that question asked, one first needs to define what they mean by a "soul" -- as to something that exists separate and apart from the body I would think that the answer by folks on site, would be a resounding, "no." In the field of philosophy, known as the "mind/body" problem, and something that has been discussed for centuries. (My Dad was a philosophy professor, so it was not that unusual for him to bring up an aspect of the issue at the dinner table for some kind of discussion. --He was an atheist, so didn't give much credence to the idea of there being a "soul" that exeisted, independant of the body.) He was a good man, my Dad -- I miss him.

no, I don't believe we have souls in that sense. yes, I believe it was made up, by people who didn't know where "Mind" comes from and couldn't deal with "that dead guy is gone, his self has ceased to exist".

To me the word just refers to the mental, emotional, intuitive and feeling components of a person. Living people have those components. Dead people... don't.

I think most people use the term "soul" figuratively, like feeling something "deep in your soul" and other poetic images. I think the word "soul" can often be substituted for the idea of "conscience" and it's often paired with "heart" which we do have a physical heart, but its function is really not the manufacturing and housing of love, as it's commonly and symbolically referenced as in poetic terms.

I don't think it necessarily was made up by religions. People have this sense of interiority that they feel is continuous, and they hope that it will continue on. I don't believe there is a soul myself, but I understand people who do. It doesn't always have to do with religion.

I don't know a soul here.