If the mind is damaged and altered by brain
damage, then it follows that the mind cannot
survive the annihilation of the brain when death-time
finally arrives. Consciousness is a symptom
of the firing of neurones in certain, well-identified
parts of the brain. Wreck those neurones and
you will forever forfeit your consciousness
- as surely as blindness follows the malfunction
of the eyes. The biologic brain, not the "soul",
is the source and engine of the mind.
The "soul" is a physically and mentally superfluous
construct. The ancient Christians believed that
angels pushed the planets around the sun. Today,
we know that gravity, not angels, is the mechanism
behind the planetary orbits. The soul is about
as useful in explaining our personalities and
minds as angels are in explaining how the planets
circle the sun.
Religious people are loath to let uncomfortable
facts interfere with their snug belief in the
existence of the human soul - the immortal soul.
The cosy idea of a celestial Father watching
over them, loving them tirelessly, shields these
faithful from the finality of the grave (or
the notion that life is transitory and fleeting.)
This reminds me of a child finding solace in
a toy. The toy is bestowed with an imaginary
life by the child, and this is normal and wonderful
- for children. Nature, likewise, is given an
imaginary life - God - by those with religion,
even adults, who should know better in this
day and age.
Evangelists are so insecure about their religion
that they demand that people believe their dogma
without even questioning it. This unreasonable
acceptance of myth is called faith.
The myriad living (and thousands more extinct)
religions and cults tend to contradict one another
in every detail - from minutiae all the way
up to the tenets. This inspires scant confidence
in the ability of religion to get it right.
No wonder most religions decree that the faithful
must subscribe strictly, and unquestioningly,
to their own particular belief set. To insist
that one's own religion is correct - and that
the thousands of others are therefore wrong
- is self-delusion gone berserk. You're special
and the rest of the world are wrong? yeah right.
Everybody thinks that.
The only "evidence" for the soul is
the say-so of a subset of these religious "believers",
this is hardly bullet-proof evidence! If you
believe what such people say, you may as well
believe everything anybody says. Including people
who have a different religion to you.
So taking everything together, it is safe to
say that the soul exists only in the wishful
imaginations of the compulsively self-delusional.
People often picture their Deity as resembling
themselves. This point illustrates that people's
religious beliefs are based entirely on ego
and their environment, and not on objectivity.
It is well known that if there is a god then
He is an Englishman. Sounds absurd? Yes?
Exactly! This illustrates my point!
The soul is dead, now it is time for a dash
of
evil.
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