I work w/patients who have (amongst other things) dementia, Alzheimer's disease and/or mentally retarded/developmentally disabled.
So, I have been wondering -if there is a life after death, what form does our spirit exist in? How much resemblence does it bear to the people we are now?
For example, Alzheimer's is an organic disease that results directly from the destruction of brain cells. In addition to causing memory loss, it can cause severe personality changes -so what is it that makes up a person's "spirit"? And what part of it will carry on after death? I mean, a whole personality can be altered by changes in brain function -so what is it that makes us who we are?
And what about people who are born w/a mental defect?
Just curious what other people think.
And, PLEASE don't tell me about your religion or quote scripture to me! No offense, but I am interested in original thought - not in being preached to ;)
2007-03-21
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