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BluesRunTheGame

(1,976 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:50 PM Tuesday

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 Tuesday OP

Challenging question. mr715 Tuesday #1

Depends if the person has a soul or not, Mitch doesn't. dem4decades Tuesday #2

Beat me to it. nt Phoenix61 Tuesday #3

Free dweller Tuesday #4

Justice would have him witness the demise of all his machinations. LuvLoogie Tuesday #5

If so, then one can only hope that his soul is shaking and cowering in anticipation of Marie Marie Tuesday #6

Still imaginary and non-existent. DavidDvorkin Yesterday #7

Their soul leaves the body through an orifice with the onset of rigor mortis dalton99a Yesterday #8

Which oriface? mr715 22 hrs ago #9

That's above my pay grade SocialDemocrat61 21 hrs ago #10

In some cases their soul goes straight to hell. milestogo 21 hrs ago #11

Does he even have one? If he did, he sold it a long time ago madinmaryland 21 hrs ago #12

mr715

(5,045 posts)

1. Challenging question.

Reply to BluesRunTheGame (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:51 PM

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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.

dem4decades

(14,746 posts)

2. Depends if the person has a soul or not, Mitch doesn't.

Reply to BluesRunTheGame (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:55 PM

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Phoenix61

(18,935 posts)

3. Beat me to it. nt

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:56 PM

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dweller

(29,043 posts)

4. Free

Reply to BluesRunTheGame (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:00 PM

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and in Turtles case , fleeing finally with abandon

✌🏻

LuvLoogie

(9,085 posts)

5. Justice would have him witness the demise of all his machinations.

Reply to BluesRunTheGame (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:14 PM

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

Marie Marie

(11,665 posts)

6. If so, then one can only hope that his soul is shaking and cowering in anticipation of

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 11:23 PM

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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.