The afterlife and the soul

[Mystic]

Here is a simple way to look at it: The Brain is just a receiver/OS that drives the hardware/Your bodily function. The soul is the you 'program' located in 'the cloud.'

It's like a cloud based App/Game. Your brain/body is like your phone. It is the interface to the app/cloud based Game that can be done anywhere.

So do squirrels have souls? How about finches? Or trout? Does the Ghost in the Machine metaphor extend to every other creature with a brain and complex nervous system? If not, why not?

I believe actually even atoms have souls. Even pebbles.  So squirrels definitely have souls.