Of course you can believe anything you want but it would be interesting to hear some of this evidence you mention.

@Moravian I was about to ask the same.

@Moravian The possibility of ghosts and reincarnation experiences tend to indicate something goes on but intelligence would be a stretch. Zen Buddhism believes in five koans that embed in body and lead to "mission" feelings.

@rainmanjr Wishfull thinking I'm afraid. All thoughts, memories, and emotions are created in and stored in the brain and when it dies and degrades they are gone forever.

@Moravian Well, researchers at the University of Virginia, I think it is, studied thousands of claimed reincarnations and found many of them very convincing to the point of being practically irrefutable.. All you have to do is Google it.
Edgar Cayce was a famous psychic, whose more than 25,000 'readings' were all transcribed and which are still studied today.
Authentic crop circles (not the fake ones) cannot be explained away
All of this and much more is easily discovered online.
But if you are a determined skeptic nothing will persuade you, I'm afraid.

@Storm1752 I think "sceptic" is putting it a bit mildly. Psychics are mostly charlatans who prey on bereaved people and "crop circles " ? Are you serious.?.
I don't know if you have had anyone close to you die from the effects of Alzheimers. I have. To see a confident,intelligent ,articulate person gradually deteriorate to a mere shell without the ability to comprehend or even speak and finally die because the brain can no longer control breathing is horrible.
To those who think there is some sort of afterlife I would suggest that it would be particularly cruel in a case like this or do they think there is a backup of memories in the "cloud"

@Moravian Like I said...
What this has to do with Alzheimers is beyond me.

@Storm1752 I thought it was obvious.The "soul" must have thoughts and memories of the original person or the whole thing is a bit pointless. Alzheimers destroys the memories of the sufferer leaving a pathetic shadow of the original person and you are suggesting that this is reincarnated or enters eternal life ?. Both sad and cruel to suggest such a thing.
Of course if I misunderstand what you mean by an afterlife please enlighten me,

@Moravian You could be retarded or crippled or a serial killer in one life (if reincarnation is being discussed as a potential reality) then be born into a completely different body and circumstances the next time.
I'm just going by what I've read about the research. Google it.

@Storm1752 [livescience.com]

Good old Bridey

Combine it with being a Martian, even better