Expert: Marco - 2/22/2010

Question
QUESTION: Marco, it pains me to have come across this and I’m desperate to disprove it or at least better understand what I'm delving into.

I've looked into a lot of theories involving Quantum Mechanics and String theory, and have found some pretty interesting things. Essentially, the existence of the soul can be mathematically and physically proven (using a special camera) and weighing a body after its death (refer to the link below). The soul does not and cannot disappear as energy only transforms. Therefore, when we die, we do leave this world, but where do we go? This question has led me to believe that there is no heaven or hell.

http://www.ghostweb.com/soul.html

Please respond – I really appreciate your time.

Bernardo

ANSWER: Dear Bernardo,

there is no special camera and no physical method to observe or weight the soul, because the soul is not a physical entity.
Don't believe in such nonsense!

I can give you scientific and rational arguments proving the trascendent nature of our soul.
The explanation of these aguments is rather long and Allexperts allows only to give short answers. You can find such arguments  in the following site

http://xoomer.alice.it/fedeescienza/englishnf.html

where  I analyse the incongruencies of the materialistic conception of the mind, on the basis of our present scientific knowledges about brain and matter.
This analysis points out how the laws of physics  prove that the   brain cannot generate consciousness, which existence implies  the presence in man of a unbiological/unmaterial element. The problem of consciousness is then strictly connected to the one of the existence of the soul and, consequently, the existence of God.
In the first article entitled “Mind and brain...” you can find a general discussion of the mind and brain problem from a scientific point of view.
In the second article entitled “Scientific contraddictions in materialism”
you  can find an explanation of the fundamental inconsistencies of  the  typical arguments used by materialists, such as the concept of emergent, macroscopic or holist property, complexity, information, etc.
In the section called “FAQ: answers to  visitors' questions” you can find the answer to many typical questions, such as "Are there any scientifically proved miracles?", "Does the existence of the universe imply the existence of God?", "Can science explain God?", "Can science establish which is the true religion?", "Can science explain consciousness in the future?", and many others.

I hope this may help,

please ask again if you should need some clarifications,

Your brother in Christ,

Marco

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QUESTION: Then what can be inferred by the fact that people consistently experience a statistically significant and sudden loss of weight upon death? Surely you've heard of this. I understand that the notion of an immaterial soul is concluded by the fact that people exhibit an essence that is not explained by the raw architecture of the brain, however, something must be inferred by the former fact. Please let me know what you think about this.

Answer
Dear Bernardo,

there is absolutely no scientific data supporting the fact that the human body has a sudden loss of weight upon death.
There are only urban legends about 21 gramms, but the first problem is that it is very difficult to measure the weight of a human body with such a precision, because every movement (also the heart beat) can change the measure of the weight of the human body of such a small quantity.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco