Very cool story—I would have taunted the surgeon first, something like this.
“The mind can not survive except inside the brain, correct?”
He would probably say yes.
“That means I could not possibly know what classical music you were playing during the operation, correct?”
He would probably say yes.
“If I told you what classical music you were playing would that change your mind?”
He would probably say no.
“OK. Then I won’t waste both of our times talking about (name of classical music) since it will obviously serve no purpose.”
Lol.
Often when you are under anesthesia you are more aware of stuff than you realize. The drugs will cause memory loss. If you are not reacting properly to the drugs, you could wake up during the process. Everyone is different. Being aware during a surgery is probably the least convincing part of this discussion.
It’s the experiences of the folks who go through this without being sedated that are interesting.
In the end, we are ALL going to find out. Religion uses the afterlife to retain control over their flocks. But people were dying long before religions were invented. I cannot believe that any reasonable creator would dismiss their lives and souls because they did not “hear and hasten” to the word of the religion of the day.