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BluesRunTheGame

(1,976 posts)
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:50 PM 4 hrs ago

If a person is "brain dead" , what's the status of their soul?

Does it hang around with their body till actual death or can it travel on ahead to the fires of hell?

Asking for a friend.

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If a person is "brain dead" , what's the status of their soul? (Original Post) BluesRunTheGame 4 hrs ago OP
Challenging question. mr715 4 hrs ago #1
Depends if the person has a soul or not, Mitch doesn't. dem4decades 4 hrs ago #2
Beat me to it. nt Phoenix61 4 hrs ago #3
Free dweller 4 hrs ago #4
Justice would have him witness the demise of all his machinations. LuvLoogie 4 hrs ago #5
If so, then one can only hope that his soul is shaking and cowering in anticipation of Marie Marie 4 hrs ago #6
Still imaginary and non-existent. DavidDvorkin 3 hrs ago #7
Their soul leaves the body through an orifice with the onset of rigor mortis dalton99a 2 hrs ago #8

mr715

(5,028 posts)
1. Challenging question.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:51 PM
4 hrs ago

The brain is the house where the mind lives, and I think most people would agree the soul is a product of the mind.

When the meat machine breaks, the spiritual stuff leaks out.

LuvLoogie

(9,081 posts)
5. Justice would have him witness the demise of all his machinations.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:14 PM
4 hrs ago

My he live long, bound to that news feed and feeling the waste of his days.

Marie Marie

(11,663 posts)
6. If so, then one can only hope that his soul is shaking and cowering in anticipation of
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:23 PM
4 hrs ago

judgment and punishment. Times like this I really want (no, make that NEED) to believe that there is a Hell with some personalized list of torture commensurate with the evil committed but I don't believe that.

dalton99a

(96,485 posts)
8. Their soul leaves the body through an orifice with the onset of rigor mortis
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 01:10 AM
2 hrs ago

and then sneaks out the door or window to catch the next bus



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