In order to understand our past, we must be able to view it within the context of our identity and our means of existence. If we accept that the core of life within each body is a living being, such a debate regarding our history must incorporate this reality. To assume otherwise would be to claim that living organisms are merely walking chemical robots.
Just as evolutionists have gained their hypothesis through observation, we can also make a clear observation regarding our identity. We observe that even though our body's cells and molecules are undergoing constant recycling, we still feel that we are the same person. Through scientific observation we can state that the body that we have on now is not the same body we had on five years ago. Every molecule has been recycled, and nearly every cell has been replaced by a new cell. Thus our identity runs deeper than the body.
A robot is distinguishable from a person because the robot does not have the ability to make independent decisions. The robot also is not alive. Alive, in this sense, means that the organism is driven by a living force that does not necessarily change as the organism changes. We can see this in those whose bodies become paralyzed, or whose limbs are amputated. When the limb was lost are they not still the same person? Of course they are.
Just as a car driver would be the same person if he had new tires put on their car, we are still the same person even if our body changes.
This indicates that our identities run deeper than the physical body.
Just as evolutionists have gained their hypothesis through observation, we can also make a clear observation regarding our identity. We observe that even though our body's cells and molecules are undergoing constant recycling, we still feel that we are the same person. Through scientific observation we can state that the body that we have on now is not the same body we had on five years ago. Every molecule has been recycled, and nearly every cell has been replaced by a new cell. Thus our identity runs deeper than the body.
A robot is distinguishable from a person because the robot does not have the ability to make independent decisions. The robot also is not alive. Alive, in this sense, means that the organism is driven by a living force that does not necessarily change as the organism changes. We can see this in those whose bodies become paralyzed, or whose limbs are amputated. When the limb was lost are they not still the same person? Of course they are.
Just as a car driver would be the same person if he had new tires put on their car, we are still the same person even if our body changes.
This indicates that our identities run deeper than the physical body.
