Are you just a skin bag of meat and blood and bone? What is the meaning of your life? What will live on after you die? Will you be only a vague warm memory in the minds of your loved ones? Are you searching for more than that? Are you creative? Are you an artist? What does it mean to be a creative, spiritual warrior? How do you find that path?
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You reference Descartes in your defense of the mind, or "soul's," ability to survive the death of the body. While I don't accept Descartes' mind/body dualism, the view has a long and venerable history in western thought. But (despite your claims to the contrary) it not supported by the bible. The biblical and Christian belief is not in a disembodied ghostly afterlife, but rather in the resurrection of the physical body. Being a Christian, I not only find resurrection more palatable disembodied immortality; it's also the only view supported by scripture. What you're talking about is attributable to Plato, but Christianity. gregklebanoff@gmail.com
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