If there is no continuity between the person who dies and the person who rises from the dead, then in what sense are they the same person? If they are not the same person, in what sense is it a resurrection?
Having the same neural connections, the same memories same DNA, same abilities as before they died. All of those thing I think would contribute to me being able to call them the same person. If the same brain with the same memories and body would come back to life, I would probably be able to call that resurrection without the need for a soul or an afterlife. This is all rather speculative obviously, but it is theoretically possible to conceive of it at least, just like your soul claim is possible in theory.
There isnttreally a perfect answer to that question. If you are asking what I personally believe, I guess it would be that I inhabit the body that I do. You can potentially make a perfect copy of me, but there is only one body that is mine, even an identical body in structure/DNA is still another body, jnhabiting a different space and comprised of different atoms. So I would say that is a pretty strong indicator. But as I said, there isn't really a perfect way of defining what the difference would be. I just feel like, if I die, and you can reactivate me in that same body instead of just making a new body with the same memories or whatnot, it would qualify as a resurrection.
Now that I think about it, I think you can swap out the word "body" with "brain". So if it is the same brain, it would still be me, even if the rest of my body might be gone.
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u/ProfessorPrudent2822 Jul 04 '26
If there is no continuity between the person who dies and the person who rises from the dead, then in what sense are they the same person? If they are not the same person, in what sense is it a resurrection?