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Old 03-08-2006, 06:43 AM   #13 (permalink)
asaris
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No, the person would be dead. We don't have some sort of 'soul' that can be separated from our body. How would this thing be conscious? We use our brains to think; what would this ghost use to think? We use our eyes to see; would this disembodied stuff be blind?
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