Like believers, skeptics come in many stripes and all those who genuinely seek to understand that which is beyond the capacity of our minds to grasp engage in a noble endeavor. The author of the Introduction to On Hinduism, Ravi is a skeptic. He is logical, but his premises differ from mine. Here is an excerpt from his writing:

“I have faith, that I do not inhabit my body, but I am because of my body. The establishment of a blueprint of life by science will exile the soul and the assumption of the existence of the soul will prove itself to be invalid. Thereafter, the soul will solely serve as a potent synonym for human identity.”

Ravi does not explain what the soul is. But whatever he thinks it is, he claims it cannot exist without the body. Thus, he could be right but only if he can define the soul that does not exist independently of the body.