(April 11, 2015 at 3:18 pm)Lek Wrote:(April 7, 2015 at 3:38 pm)emjay Wrote: I wasn't trying to prove a soul. I don't believe in a soul. I was asking Theists to prove a soul.
I believe in the existence of our soul, but I can't prove it to you. Anyway, as Jenny pointed out earlier, the bible has much to say about us being in our bodies during the afterlife. It also refers to a "new earth" which he had prepared for us. When we die the soul survives and the body dies. On the final day, our bodies will be resurrected and will be reunited with our souls. Obviously, we will be living in a physical place after that time. I believe that the soul that survives earthly death is the essence of who we are and will retain all our memories and so on, and that we will recognize the people that we have known on earth.
Hello. I shouldn't have used the word 'prove' - I know you can't prove a soul any more than I can disprove one. But it doesn't make any sense to me why or how the soul could hold the personality when in life the brain does that job - why have a brain in the first place if the soul can do all its jobs? In my understanding of the brain the most the soul could ever be was the focal point where everything in the brain converged, though I don't believe that either, and in that case it would be the same for everyone because our individuality is stored in the brain.
