<< Kevin, In your picture what is the soul without the body. Does it contain
our memories or diversity in any way or is one soul the same as the next.>>
I doubt this, as science has fairly well shown that memories are
encoded in the brain.
<<What is life after death? I know this is conjecture land but I like hearing
how you see all this.>>
Science can't tell us anything about life after death, thus one
relies on their religious faith. For me, a strong religious case can be
made for a bodily resurrection/tranformation meaning that in
some way our bodies are present in life after death (which is
easy for me to accept since I am skeptical of ghost-in-the-machine
views and I recognize my body/brain is an essential part of my
identity).
<<As far as the freedom side of us could there be any truth in this:
Say for argument all humanity-body, soul, and mind is physical. Events take
place or do not take place by environment. If God can speak into each man's
mind (I see no reason to think this unnatural if He is there) then the
voice of God is part of our every minute environment maybe inseparably
intertwined and unidentifiable in our "conscience". That voice could always
speak just enough to leave us at the pinpoint of going either way with
moral decisions thus determining our freedom. Ok this is some horrid mushy
writing but does anyone see anything in it. It seemed much more profound in
my head:). Will I hit the send button or not? Just to prove I can choose to
against all survival instincts.......>>
This is interesting. But I don't think science has anything to say
about human volition, for if something like free will exists, science
cannot detect it. All I know is that I directly experience and *know*
freedom. Like you, I can choose against my instincts, even those
programmed by millions of years of evolution. This means that if
science ever proposes there is no free will, it only demonstrates
how it can go so wrong when seeming so right. Why would I trust
layers of indirect inferences (which, in themselves, assume free
will) rather than my direct subjective experience?
Mike