tackattack Wrote:I assume your definition of you is the sum of your physical parts and their functions.No, my definition of "me" would be my thoughts and ideas, my psychological continuity. My dead body will not be me in any meaningful way. Similarly, a soul that doesn't have my thoughts and ideas (and the bible says in Ecclesiates 9:5 that souls of dead people don't remember who they were in earthly life), that soul also isn't me in any meaningful way.
tackattack Wrote:Soul may have the same function of seeing just with different methods. Much like blind people being able to imagine objects or "see" with their other senses.Which senses can an immaterial soul have that don't break the laws of physics? It can't have a sense of vision since it doesn't interact with electromagnetic radiation (it can't be seen or detected by measuring electromagnetic radiation), and being able to see without interfering the photons would break the laws of quantum mechanics. Similarly, it can't have a sense of hearing, because that requires interacting with the air, and it would thus be detectible. Obviously, a soul can't have a sense of touch, since it's immaterial...