Do you know the philosopher Descartes? Well, you're familiar with his thinking if you saw The Matrix. He coined that phrase "I think, therefore I am." What do you think about that statement?
There are basically two schools of thought, right? One that says that we can think because we have a soul. We are interconnected to a higher power through our soul so we don't even need a body to think. Our soul will be able to think when the body is dead. If you believe this you lean toward idealism. The other train of thought simply says that you can think because you have a high powered brain. All thought is generated by the body's interaction with it's surroundings. If this makes sense to you then you are more closely aligned with the materialists.
So, how about it? Do you need your body to think or not? What about the soul being reborn? When I'm dead and in an unincorporated state am I going to be thinking "damn I wish I had a margarita, if I only had a mouth." When the body dies is that it? Worm food?
I can sense a God argument coming on... let's try to avoid rehashing what's already been stated and look at this with a fresh approach.
There are basically two schools of thought, right? One that says that we can think because we have a soul. We are interconnected to a higher power through our soul so we don't even need a body to think. Our soul will be able to think when the body is dead. If you believe this you lean toward idealism. The other train of thought simply says that you can think because you have a high powered brain. All thought is generated by the body's interaction with it's surroundings. If this makes sense to you then you are more closely aligned with the materialists.
So, how about it? Do you need your body to think or not? What about the soul being reborn? When I'm dead and in an unincorporated state am I going to be thinking "damn I wish I had a margarita, if I only had a mouth." When the body dies is that it? Worm food?
I can sense a God argument coming on... let's try to avoid rehashing what's already been stated and look at this with a fresh approach.