A few (hopefully familiar) questions. I've left my ego at the door, believe it or not.
When we die, the brain stops working and immediately starts decaying. Consciousness is lost, thought-processes stop, emotions cease.
Unless we pretend the brain doesn't exist, or does something totally different: How can any part of my mind continue to exist after I have died?
Do those who believe in reincarnation have a different understanding of how the brain works? I don't hear much 'scientific' discussion of how the brain works from those who believe in reincarnation, so I would appreciate help with that issue.
Then there are 'souls', which have no clear definition, making them easy to attribute things to without obvious contradiction. I have yet to see any evidence of souls or any explanation of the theory or logic of them. Or does the soul 'just happen' to also do everything the brain does?
When we die, the brain stops working and immediately starts decaying. Consciousness is lost, thought-processes stop, emotions cease.
Unless we pretend the brain doesn't exist, or does something totally different: How can any part of my mind continue to exist after I have died?
Do those who believe in reincarnation have a different understanding of how the brain works? I don't hear much 'scientific' discussion of how the brain works from those who believe in reincarnation, so I would appreciate help with that issue.
Then there are 'souls', which have no clear definition, making them easy to attribute things to without obvious contradiction. I have yet to see any evidence of souls or any explanation of the theory or logic of them. Or does the soul 'just happen' to also do everything the brain does?