MidTnAg said:
Seems like a lot of people believe that we have a soul inside us and when we die, it is somehow separated from our dead body.
I just don't see it. To me, this is just wishful thinking.
Explain to me: what is our soul, where is it stored in our body, what information does it contain, what process separates it from us, where does it go, what process is used to reunite it back with our body?
You still seem unable or unwilling to think about something outside of space and time. Again, if a spirit, mind, soul, or whatever is OUTSIDE of space and time, then it is inaccurate to use words like 'stored in'.
Here's another tack...
Your name is MidTnAg. You have a personality. You have preferences. You have a history. You probably claim to have rights and exist.
What is MidTnAg? Does he/she exist? Is he/she just a material composite of cells? What about the skin cells you dump off within the next second? Are they MidTnAg? When you cut hair, is that MidTnAg? Time changes MidTnAg, but is that still MidTnAg? What if you are unconscious?
The concept, the person of MidTnAg exists. You are more than your material makeup. The question and answers you seek can be found in thinking on what makes MidTnAg more than the material. In order to claim you have any ability to make decisions, you
must believe there is an aspect that is beyond the material, not caught in the chain of cause/effect within the material, or else it wouldn't actually be making decisions, but just chemically/physically reacting to pre-existing conditions.
Now, as I stated before, if you start to deny that you are anything beyond the material, then you have no more rights than a rock. And you also, to be intellectually honest, must realize that then rape, slavery, murder are unable to be claimed as wrong or evil, and should not be punished.
If you are honest, and take this position, realize that you will not be popular with others
. Also, you'll be wrong
.