[RC one]

The mind can be saved on a hard drive. The soul, however, can not.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Mine could be saved on a low density floppy disk.

[Crazieman]

Until it actually happens, all you have is that cute, feel-good statement and no proof.

[tbw2]

Liberals: There is no heaven or afterlife, but we will (in most of their lifetimes) be able to become immortal in cyberspace or as robots.
There is no distinct soul, but we can upload our minds regardless of our bodies.
There is no God or gods, but expecting immortality via a Singularity that is still a remote technological possibility is reasonable.

[Nowhere Man]

Yeah, that is the $64,000 question, what about the soul? I don't know what to think but I think the soul would be connected to the mind until "it is time to go" so to speak. I've heard some people who have "astral walked" and had out of body experiences (I've had a few "out of body experiences" myself) say the soul is tied to the body/mind, they call it "the silver cord." I would have to assume the soul would "follow" the mind into the computer when the body dies unless "it is time." Maybe that explains ghosts as well. It's like if we ever had the ability to beam people like they do in Star Trek, the soul follows the mind/body. I know this is deep and perhaps I could be wrong partially or all the way on this uploading minds bit, but I guess it is possible.

I do think that science and religion (or metaphysics) do converge at some point, where I don't know and maybe God keeps this away from us until He wants to reveal it. Still there are lots of people who experience such things so there is some smoke and possibly fire.

Still, I would not want to be a guinea pig for this, I could be wrong. B-) I am skeptical on uploading minds but I do believe that it is theoretical to keep regenerating the body when we reach that level of technology.