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Originally Posted by mysterygal  The general consensus seems to be that our personality does not continue on after death, but our consciousness does. But if we lose all sense of self, personality, identity, then we technically don't continue on, because our earth self is what we have identified with our whole lives. |
Actually your personality is an aspect of your conscious and no you don't lose that aspect when you die. Mystergal- You simply cannot prove that consciousness resides in the brain. It doesn't matter if science at large believes this because it is impossible to test. For example if you shut down a certain part of the brain, perhaps memory, then your behavior would change drastically. Such an experiment would however in no way implie that consciousness resides in the brain simply because it is equally possible that your consciousness uses your brain and when the brain is damaged your consciousness can't work within it properly.
So, you jump to a rather (in my opinion) ridiculous assumption that you are your brain. You see you can prove that consciousness is separate from the brain. You can go talk to Erin to find out how. So, let me ask why you don't believe in an afterlife?