RE: Arguments against Soul
February 1, 2020 at 3:43 am
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2020 at 3:45 am by FlatAssembler.)
tackattack Wrote:I don't think that's a good scripture to hang the memory wipe narrative of souls on.Why? And it's not just the scripture, it's also the most basic common sense: if malfunctioning of the brain leads to memory loss, so does the death of the brain.
tackattack Wrote:Eyes are one method, imagination is another, extreme hearing like sonar is another electromagnetic detection like in some fish is another.What do you mean by "imagination"? Imagination doesn't provide you with the actual data.
If a soul uses extreme hearing or electromagnetic detection, such a soul would be detectible by physical instruments.
tackattack Wrote:You can have sensations of touch and motion without the necessary material form as is the case with phantom limbs. All of that is very medically understood.While it's not entirely medically understood, it's clear that you need physical nerves to feel phantom pain. Spinal cord stimulation almost always helps relieve phantom pain resulting from an amputated limb.
Sometimes pain can indeed result from not-currently-understood malfunctioning of the brain. But suggesting that, because of that, it's possible for a soul without a brain to feel pain is beyond absurd.
Do you think that plants and animals without a brain (sponges, jellyfish...) can also feel pain? If a soul without a brain can feel pain, so can anything then.
tackattack Wrote:As for your psychological continuity, are you still you when you dream?Of course. When I dream, I can still remember some things about my real life. This remembering of things is called psychological continuity.