The problem of the soul

[Spongebob]

I must have engaged in thousands of debates (er, arguments?) with Christians over the decades and their arguments are almost always just variations of the same tropes. The few times I've engaged with Muslims yields very different ideas (er, crazy opinions?). My unfamiliarity with Islam prevents me from fully understanding the reason this is so, but they often root their ideas in gross misunderstandings of science/nature, almost to the point of comedy (current thread no exception). It's quite sad given that the people of Mesopotamia were once a strong force for scientific learning.