(September 7, 2021 at 2:18 pm)brewer Wrote: Why, I have no psychological need of an afterlife. Some of us don't need a fantasy security blanket.
(September 7, 2021 at 2:24 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Well that's fine. Boring, but fine. But just because you don't believe in an afterlife, doesn't mean it can't exist.
If one looks at the science, there is no plausible mechanism for an afterlife.
- No evidence that the mind can exist separate from a physical body.
- No evidence for persistence of the mind after brain death.
- No evidence for any alternate reality in which a disembodied mind could exist.