Saab asked:

I am having problems finding arguments and enough information on the existence of a soul.

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Hey, that's great! I've always had the same problem, myself. I certainly have never found any
arguments supporting the existence of a soul, and that's not even addressing the question of what a
soul is... just what isa soul, anyway? Lets see... we know from studies of brain traumas, lesions, etc.,
that we can eliminate memory by physical damage to the brain, so a soul can't have any memories,
right? We know that we can eliminate intelligence, i.e., the ability to think and solve problems, with
brain injury, right? So the soul can't have intelligence. We know that we can eliminate sensations the
same way. And there are also emotional centers in the brain controlling pleasure, fear, anger... and
so forth. So when the body dies, all these have to go away, since that's sort of the ultimate brain
damage, isn't it. What else? How about consciousness? No... a simple blow to the head eliminates
that, not to mention damage to the parietal lobes and/or reticular activating system. Whoops, what's
left?

Well, let's have another go at it... suppose that there was a "soul" somewhere in another universe,
broadcasting to our brain, like a radio station. Aside from the lack of any theories covering how that
might occur, what would the effect of damage to the receiver, that is, the brain, be? Well, what if we
damage a radio, what happens? The programs stay the same, right? They're just full of static, noise,
whatever. But with brain damage, the programs do notstay the same. We can reduceintelligence
with brain damage; it's not a matter of a damaged receiver trying to pick up the sameprogram; the
program is different when the brain changes, whether it's due to injury, drugs, or whatever. Well, so
much for that theory. Perhaps you can think of another; I can't.

Steven Ravett Brown