Resolved: There is no afterlife.

Consciousness in an emergent property of a functional brain- this is both true and untrue. By saying this you are saying when people fall unconscious their brain ceases to function. By stating this everyone unconscious is basically dead."Consciousness is an emergent property of a functional brain" means that consciousness can only emerge from a functional brain, and that if there is no functional brain, there can be no consciousness. It does not mean that unconsciousness cannot also emerge from a functional brain. Clearly, both consciousness and unconsciousness can emerge from a functional brain. Unconsciousness can occur either where there is a functional brain (e.g. coma) or no functional brain (e.g. decomposing brain). As I already explained, progressive brain damage leads to a progressive decrease in consciousness, and not a progressive restoration of consciousness. Consciousness can only emerge from a functional brain. Thus, consciousness is an emergent property of a functional brain. Hence, if there is no functional brain, there is no consciousness- this is not true. The bible states that when someone dies, their body decays, but their mind lives on.As I said in the Comments, I do not know how many people here consider scripture to constitute an argument, but I certainly do not. Belief in the bible is, by definition, based on faith, and not reason. If Con does not value reasonable debate (as I do), then what reasonable argument could possibly win Con over? There is no such argument. As soon as scripture is quoted, we reach a dead end. To refute 6, I will give you biblical...references.See above regarding biblical references. To refute 6, I will give you...human references.Within a few weeks of Myers' death in 1901, he began to communicate through different direct writing mediums. His scripts made no sense on their own but the mediums were told to forward them. As with the bible, belief in Myers' scripts is based on faith. Anyone can write something down on a piece of paper and then claim the words came from a dead person. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. In this case, there is no evidence that a dead Myers communicated with a living being. There are only anecdotes. I do not intend to read a full book written by one of Myers "correspondents". Here is proof of life after death. Myers, the bible. All historical facts. And all happened.See above. SUMMARYI have provided a sound and logical argument that clearly shows there is no afterlife. I have given a clear and easy to understand outline of the physical/factual evidence that supports my argument. I rebutted both of Con's objections by explaining that no brain = no functional brain (for the purposes of this debate), and that consciousness can only emerge from a functional brain even though unconsciousness can also emerge from a functional brain. Con's arguments in favour of an afterlife are all faith-based. He does not provide the extraordinary evidence required to substantiate his extraordinary claims. In fact, he does not provide any evidence at all. Con's use of faith-based arguments indicates that he does not value reasonable debate, and thus there is no reasonable response that could possibly mean anything significant to Con, except perhaps to point out this very fact, which I have done.