M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume (Official Video)

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[–]In-the-clouds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

When people talk about the brain, realize that they cannot explain how thoughts are even formed. Where do thoughts come from? Do they even originate in the brain?

Even after the death of the physical body, people continue to think. A preview of this for those of us still in mortal flesh: dreams. Even without any physical senses in use, we continue to perceive and think in an entirely different place, while our physical shell remains asleep in a bed. Spirits do not need a physical brain to think. Thoughts are not physical, but spiritual.

[–]Node 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That does seem plausible. The question is, does a spirit need a physical shell to function and be conscious?

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No, but they somehow have everyone convinced that that's a very unfortunate state, even though that makes absolutely no sense and I don't see where people would even learn such bullshit. Yet it's almost universally agreed upon. I even asked about that recently and no one could give me an answer: https://saidit.net/s/whatever/comments/asd2/why_is_being_a_ghost_considered_a_bad_thing/

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

To answer the title question, because it's an unknown state and normal people are highly invested in their current condition.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think there's more to it than that. People fear the unknown, but don't assume it's always negative. I think people are brainwashed for physical survival. And recently there's been even more of a push for the divinity of the body, with every major religion suddenly substituting a bodily resurrection for whatever kind of afterlife it once believed in. And of course atheists were already "you are your body".