E tenebras, lux dormiens

I have a thought question. If we were all capable of erasing a person from the face of existence, wiping any knowledge and any trace that shows that that person once lived, where is that person's soul/spirit/ghost?

So that fact would disprove the existence of a soul in humankind. Or, the alternative belief is that no one can retain his or her characteristics after death. Many movies we see attempt to portray people as continuing their appearance after death. That is, if you die as an old man, as a ghost, you will look like an old man. If you die a child, you will continue to look like a child after death.

It seems wrong, doesn't it? If I happen to die when I'm 60, why can't I look 20? or even 14? Should I not be able to modify my looks?

Since you cannot retain your characterstics, you shouldn't be able to retain either what your DNA or your surrounding give you. If your genome, your Y chromosome, made you very ravenous, then without it, you have no need to be gratified. Thus, this is the inherent error in the Muslim terrorist's belief that he will enter paradise where seven [nbr?] virgins will be available to serve his every needs.

If your surrounding was not a nurturing environment, such as abusive family members, for example, then when you die, all that experience is left behind.

What is left, then? The inscrutable spirit that is not touched by life or by biological information?

Now, since it isn't possible to wipe people's existence off, all the arguments are simply unprovable. So if you've read this far, just demand, when you die, that you be given back five minutes you've wasted. Every minute that you're able to squeeze from Charon, use it to the maximum extent possible. Love it, even if it is a biological process, it still feels good!