How you answer to this

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We cannot live by reason alone. We need Faith - a theological virtue infused into us by almighty God. Faith and Reason work together to lift the soul to God. Without Faith in God to lead us to Truth, we end up scattered, just like the Blessed Virgin said in her Magnificat: “He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.” He has faith (small f) - but his faith is placed in science, which he has elevated above Faith in God. Hopefully he will humbly search for truth and find it.
 
Firstly the test of science is whether the claims can be falsifiable. If it can’t be falsified then it is not science.

My answer would be to say that the mind/soul is not damaged when the brain is damaged.
I agree that this is not science but neither is his claim.

He can’t prove that the mind is damaged because the only way to measure soul is through the brain, which is already damaged. So what he said is not science. At present the problem is that when the brain is damaged it can’t be repaired. If one day for example the brain could recover then we would have a better idea whether scientifically there could be a soul.

So in summary it is absence of evidence rather than evidence of absence.
 
Ah, Sam Harris. I like listening to him and Richard Carrier debate. Good stuff 👍
 
Sam Harris believes in nothing, and everything. Why listen to him?

Rather, far better to pray that he yields to the Holy Spirit.

The world is filled with elements corrosive to faith.

Best to focus on what is above, not what is below.
 
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