The "soul" stuff

[Ben Davis]

Man that's so cool. Would expect more insights on the afterlife, though... haha..

Well, here's the inside scoop: I've experienced no afterlife, only oblivion.

Well, I've reached this far by now:
Soul cannot have memories (those are imprinted in our brains) or "personality" (for the same reason).

Sorry, I'm not following. How have you realised this?

Can't help having the feeling that there is a really radical difference on a person 1 second before he dies and one second after.

Yes... they're... dead... OH! You mean after they recover! No, there isn't necessarily any difference at all. If death has been for long enough or for particular reasons, there might be impaired functions that could constitute 'radical' differences.

The whole "permanent effect" of death is what forces my stupid mind to think that there is something "leaving" our body when it disfunctions that will not "return" if we "fix" it.

What 'permanent' affect of death? What are your observations? Are they behavioural? Neurological? Psychological? It seems to me that some people are affected by their death (once they recover), some are not.

Ben your example (though it is quite cool) does not qualify as "coming back from the dead".

Yes it does. Medically, I had no pulse, no respiration and my brain functions had flat-lined. Had there been no emergency medical intervention, I would have remained in that state. How is that not dead?

Let me put it this way:
If i cut your head... you will probably die... but if I had a way of "stiching" your head back, you wouldn't live again.

I would if you had the right method & tech.

If we compare my body 5 minutes after I am dead to 5 minutes before... cmon man there would not be a REALLY big difference in my physiology... exept the "dead" thing...
So is there something leaving our body when we die? That cannot return if we "undie" physically?

Possibly faeces