(September 9, 2013 at 2:18 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote: I would tell them to true there is no emprical evidence to suggest that there is or isnt a diety, and the question about afterlife falls into that catagory. That is the intellectually honest answer.
As per the afterlife, one must first demonstrate the existence of a soul. Given all of the evidence that we have of the physical brain structure determining what we call the "self," and the lack of positive evidence put forth for the soul, the claims are definitely not on equal footing. Treating them as equal claims is not the intellectually honest approach.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
