No, I'm suggesting that there is no scientific evidence for consciousness independent of the brain (matter). I wouldn't expect there to be scientific/ materialistic evidence on such. There is however experiential and verifiable indicative evidence, that most materialists choose to ignore to support knowledge outside of the functioning of the brain as we currently understand that matter to work. As long as the evidence type matches the type of proof I see it as valid evidence, but I'm sure many here don't and would require substantial proof for substantial claims. However, I might add, that how much difference to the wold (in an individualistic experiential, not societal understanding) being flat or being round actually have? Little, IMO, and a far more disparate number of people believe in/ don't believe in the concept of a soul or consciousness outside matter. I don't think it stretches reason much at all, but I'm probably more biased than anyone will give me credit for, and wouldn't require the huge mountains of objective evidence professed by the nay-sayers.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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