While some skeptics disbelieve in souls on the grounds that they cannot exist without attachment to a body, believers disagree about the nature of the soul as well as its relationship to bodies. They disagree about the nature of beings that have souls. Generally the faithful consider that souls are immortal. In my view, the important question is whether the soul is part of the existence we often call God Who transcends the multiverses that come and go.

Another question is whether the presumably immortal soul retains it characteristics at death. Some believers think it is judged at death to determine whether its former possessor will live on in heaven or in hell. Others think the soul determines the quality of future lives of its former owner. Yet others maintain that at the death of the body it occupied, the soul loses all its attributes, like waves that return to the ocean.

What is your view?