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What is a person? That sounds like a harmless question, but the answer can get very complicated. Is a person just a lump of skin, muscles, bones, and other materials? Is a person something immaterial like a mind or a soul? Or is a person a combination of these two things? Really there is no right answer, and it all depends on the point of view that you hold. First of all, what is a …

…body plays no role in personhood. It is simply a matter of opinion, but I believe that there is something beyond the body. I believe that a person is composed of material and immaterial things. These things are not easily explained, but who says we can even explain them? We don’t know everything, and some things may be beyond our grasp. Even if you don’t understand it, doesn’t it just make sense?