It is natural to imagine that our mind will continue after the death of our body, but when the brain dies so does the mind. The truth of this is evident if our brains fail before our bodies. People with Alzheimer’s disease or with serious brain damage lose their minds even if their bodies stay healthy.
Also, as the author points out, the mind is a memory prediction faculty. This would be useless to a person who could no longer affect change, as those who are dead and living in an unchanging heaven would be.
