The Afterlife more than likely exists

Consciousness/OBEsSince this has been acknowledged as a prologue, I need not refute the intentions of it. However, Pro states that OBEs confirm "consciousness" leaving the body. For sake of simplicity, let's take this at face value, and say that the vast anecdotals verify this. This only inductively proves that one's consciousness leaves their body whilst they are "alive" - notice every anecdotal does not fulfill permanent cessation. Therefore, even if one's consciousness can leave their body, Pro has provided no evidence for why it could happen after permanent, physical cessation. For this reason, the anecdotals provided do not pertain to the resolution. Despite me not needing to debunk the veracity of OBEs, since it does not necessarily fulfill Pro's BoP, I will do so anyway." I was stating that having the ability to possess consciousness while the body and the brain are not functioning at all shows that consciousness is separate from the body"If consciousness is separate from the body, then how are OBEs triggered from activating the angular gyrus in the right cortex? (1) If 'astral projection' exists, how is there no scientific proof for it? (2)A recent study has verified that all OBEs are, in fact, lucid dreams (3). The source states "Lucid dreaming can be conditioned and bears an uncanny similarity to near-death". It states "NDE, as the most trusted reason for believe in life after life, may be just the result of spontaneous and hyper-realistic lucid dreams induced by narcosis or brain damage during dying,"Another scientific study "has linked these experiences to instabilities in a part of the brain called the temporal lobe, and to errors in the body's sense of itself — even in healthy individuals" (4) The source says: "The temporal lobe interprets the sensory and other information coming in from the body and places it on a body map, giving us our sense of being inside our body, of looking out from our eyes. If this interpretation goes wrong, a hallucination can occur in which a person sees themselves from outside their body, also called an out-of-body experience (OBE)."Occam's RazorThis will form another contention to OBEs, since this is what Pro's argument relies upon. This is also known as the law of parsimony - Occam's Razor, is a method devised to compare precedence of two or more different theories. It gives precedence to simplicity - an example could be, "Event: The tire on the car is flat. Of possible explanations a) It has a screw in it and b) A serial tire-flattener came through the neighbor and sliced the tire open, explanation "a" is more likely." (5). Outcome, "a" is more likely, since it relies on less assumptions. If we were to compare the likelihood of OBEs being an actual astral projection, one would have to assume certain aspects to be correct. However, there appears to be far less assumptions to be made if we were to accept the opposite theory - OBEs are not astral projections. Information Field TheoryPro postulates the following: "The Information Field is basically a higher field of consciousness". However, this is equivocates definitions of "consciousness"... IFT is used as a "logic of reasoning under uncertainty, in fields" (6) The proposed theory is effectively a combination of Bayesian Probability, Quantum Field Theory, and Statistical Field Theory. Bayesian Probability is a form of subjective quantification of probability - it stems as an extension of propositional logic, and verifies the veracity of a hypothesis. However, the calculation is contingent on previous evidence. (7) Pro has not implemented Bayesian Probability in his case, but instead relies on an appeal to authority fallacy - Pro provides no objective evidence that is solidated with sources, and uses non-sourced quotation from prestigious physicists. The physicist may be correct, but his word alone does not verify the existence of existential consciousness across the cosmos. Because Pro provided no sources, he commits the bare assertion fallacy.Reincarnation ResearchPro also commits the bare assertion fallacy in this argument as well - he provides no sources for his claims. Without evidence, there is nothing to verify the truth of his findings. For this, I need not refute this argument. Nevertheless, I would like to add that the law of parsimony would favour the opposite of this argument as well. ConclusionThrough evidence proposed, Pro could not inductively link OBEs to astral projections. Scientific research provides substantial evidence that OBEs are hallucinations and lucid dreams that can be triggered when specific parts of the brain are stimulated. Even if it were to be true, Pro hasn't provided any evidence that they are transferring to an afterlife. Occam's Razor, inductively verifies my contentions as assuming higher probability, since it is contingent upon less assumptions. Pro neglects Bayesian Probability in his Quantum Physics argument, so there was no probability calculated. The argument equivocated definitions of "consciousness". He then relied on an appeal to authority fallacy, since he provided no sources to ratify the assertions. Both his Quantum Physics and his Reincarnation arguments, commit the bare assertion fallacy, since the credibility can not be determined without sources. Since all proposed arguments have been refuted, the resolution is negated. Thanks for the argument Pro.Citations(1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk...(2) http://www.livescience.com...(3) http://www.livescience.com...(4) http://www.livescience.com...(5) http://examples.yourdictionary.com...(6) http://en.wikipedia.org...(7) http://en.wikipedia.org...