1:1 An important question, relevant to my life, is whether or not, my individual soul will persist after my life ends?
1:2 Shall I let my answers come from wishful thinking rather than direct evidence?
1:3 Or can I take account of indirect evidence?
1:4 After all, the belief that some facet of my soul surviving death is compatible with what our philosophers know about how everything works around us.
1:5 However, I do not claim that my consciousness shall persist after my body deteriorates.
1:6 Information stored in my brain will not persist with my soul.
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1:15 I admit that atoms are part of how I exist.
1:40 There is no reason to believe that all that is supernatural will be unknowable forever.
1:41 If my beliefs are dramatically incompatible with observable phenomenon, there is no reason for me to attribute it to the unknowable supernatural.
1:43 I can get down to interesting questions of my being and consciousness really work.
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