(May 15, 2013 at 6:10 pm)Texas Sailor Wrote: Oh cool! And you have proof of this "soul"???
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/
Google "arguments for dualism" and you'll find plenty of motivations for the idea of a 'soul' or 'immaterial mind' from both religious and secular philosophers. It's a large, respected field of study.