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Originally Posted by trainedobserver
Sounds like a unprovable hypothesis. Contrary to folk belief there is no scientific evidence for the existence of a soul, spirit, or any ethereal component in a human being. The whole 21 gram thing is nonsense. Logic would dictate that if a soul or spirit existed there would no need for the brain. In all myth and legend the soul contains the personality, memory, and so forth of a human being. These things have been proven to be the domain of the brain. When the brain is physically altered the personality and memory of an individual is altered. I cannot personally justify such a belief. |
Just a brief interjection. Having had a near death experience where I briefly died after a car accident. Obviously I have a different view. I've written about the incident here
www.barronbourne.blog.com (bottom of page). I can see your point of view and in all honesty and using logic, it makes sense BUT my experience shows otherwise. Neither of us can prove our point but having had such an experience I know there is adventure beyond the mortal coil. That the soul is an entity shackled to this world by our living bodies.... for better or worse.
Now.... I'm not religious and being 12 years old at the time I had no knowledge of life after death. The experience I had is in keeping with other western near death experiences. I'm also not much of a gambling man but by betting on life after death I have nothing to loose. The light is indeed groovy.
