Atheists & Agnostics

 
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An imaginary debate:

Me: "If your body got a heart transplant then you'd have a new heart, right?"

Answer: "Right."

Me: "If your body got a liver transplant then you'd have a new liver, right?"

Answer: "Right."

Me: "If your body got a kidney transplant then you'd have a new kidney, right?"

Answer: "Right."

Me: "If your body got a brain transplant then you'd have a new brain, right?"

Answer: "Uh..."

Me: "No, you wouldn't have a new brain, would you? Someone else would have a new body, wouldn't they?"

Answer: "Uh... Yeah, I guess you're right."

Me: "So if there were such a thing as a soul then it would have to reside somewhere in the brain, right?"

(no answer)

Me: "Where in the brain does the soul reside? People sometimes suffer brain damage. What part of the brain would have to be damaged to cause soul damage? Or does the soul occupy the entire brain? If so, what effects do different type of brain damage have on the soul? What parts of the soul are lost when various parts of the brain are damaged?"

(no answer)

Me: "There is no such thing as a soul. You are your brain and your brain is a sort of 'meat computer'. As Epicurus luckily guessed a few centuries before Jesus was born and way before the science of neurology was born, 'Non fui, fui, non-sum, non-curo' ('I was not; I was; I am not; I care not')."