That gets into the philosophical side of things, I think, which has never been my area of expertise.
So before I respond with my own thoughts, I suppose my question to you is this: if we suppose for a moment that all of the soul business that everyone is talking about is entirely legitimate and true, then we possess the same ontological makeup as those individuals that we apparently used to be. If I'm ontologically the same person as the individual that did all these things - if I possess his soul and recall his memories and have shared in his emotional experiences - then can it really be said that I didn't do those things? Maybe I didn't at this point in time. But can it be said that I truly never did?
Where do we draw the line between "him" and "me", to put it another way.
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So before I respond with my own thoughts, I suppose my question to you is this: if we suppose for a moment that all of the soul business that everyone is talking about is entirely legitimate and true, then we possess the same ontological makeup as those individuals that we apparently used to be. If I'm ontologically the same person as the individual that did all these things - if I possess his soul and recall his memories and have shared in his emotional experiences - then can it really be said that I didn't do those things? Maybe I didn't at this point in time. But can it be said that I truly never did?
Where do we draw the line between "him" and "me", to put it another way.