{"id":1005,"date":"2008-04-09T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-09T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2008-04-09T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T18:10:00","slug":"the-heart-has-its-reasons-for-wanting-a-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"The Heart Has Its Reasons–For Wanting a Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stories like this one about a heart transplant<\/a> may seem like fodder for Fate<\/em> magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But they do raise interesting questions about the whole body-soul split, which is basic to all those religious traditions that teach we are spirits temporary in bodies–or trapped in bodies, as some would have it.<\/p>\n

Was it possible that my new heart had reached me with its own set of tastes and preferences? It was a fascinating idea. During those early days, I had no idea that I would look back on this curious comment as the first of many mysteries after the transplant.<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> Purely by coincidence (really!) Yvonne Aburrow is thinking about organ donation<\/a>. Consider the implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stories like this one about a heart transplant may seem like fodder for Fate magazine. But they do raise interesting questions about the whole body-soul split, which is basic to all those religious traditions that teach we are spirits temporary in bodies–or trapped in bodies, as some would have it. 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