Discussing the existence of a soul and an afterlife can be a controversial subject, because frankly, as humans we do not know what lies beyond the body’s material form. Materialists argue that once the body is dead, it is the end. Everything we know is material and we are material beings, therefore there is nothing to move on to an afterlife. Dualists, however, take on a different perspective. Although our bodies are material, there is something else that lies within us. This “something” is an intangible, inconspicuous existence known as the soul. Dualists believe that the soul gives life to the body. The material body will die and decompose because it is a strictly physical being, however, the soul is immaterial which suggests that it will