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Originally posted by chavos
I'll take a look at the other thread, but i'd say for openers that when the God of Abraham was first worshiped, there was no conception of a conscious afterlife, mearly descent in to the depths of Sheol.
Moreover, there is no proof that since we can understand the organic nature of the brain, that there is no soul. That was my analogy. There seemed be the instant jump between saying that since there is a physical brain, there can be no metaphysical soul. I don't see the logic there.
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Well the point is that our bodies are made of matter, which are controlled by our brains. Our brains are also made of matter, and hence follow the laws of physics. So were we able to explain the behaviour of the brain (at the moment we cannot), we could conclude that the brain follows the laws of physics, leaving no room for "magical" intervention by a soul.
Although we are currently far from understanding the workings of the brain, I see no reason to believe that it is beyond us.
Again being able to encapsulate the workings of our mind in the physical laws of the workings of the brain, does not explicitly prove the non-existence of a soul, but we are, once again, in the territory of the invisible purple llama.