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Originally Posted by Lychee  Where was consciousness before life? Why is the improbability of having consciousness survive after death seen as more far fetched when the same question can be applied to why consciousness began in the first place? |
Because most people (except Buddhists I suppose) don't believe that we are conscious before we become alive. So why believe we remain conscious after death?
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Our brain is not the only thing which makes up our personality. It is a vehicle which the soul uses to interact and function.
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That's very hard to support scientifically.
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Then what is the Intelligence which is running through the wombs of mothers and causing perfect development of a human being? You cannot see it can you? Does that mean that there is nothing there?
An ant has a brain but it is a person? No, it is not a person because a human being has intelligence. What runs that brain or intelligence? The Life Force which is running through all of us.
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Ants do have intelligence and perhaps consciousness (who knows?), but it is seen as less sophisticated or "alive" because the brain of an ant is smaller and simpler.
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If your brains stored our personalities, why have the heart? The soul? The heart has as many, if not more, neurons as the brain. Why have neurons in the heart?
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Ummm... citation? Neurons in the heart would be part of the PNS (peripheral nervous system) which simply serves to send physical information up to the brain. It's not used for thought.
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Just because you cannot see something does not mean that it is not there.
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But is there any reason to believe something is there for which there is not at least evidence?