The mind-body problem has been one of the most popular and often debated topics in the history of theoretical psychology and the exploration of the idea of how mental and the physical states are related has lead to the creation of numerous interesting concepts. Two of the most accepted models are known as Materialism, the theory that matter is the only reality and that everything can be explained in terms of physical phenomena, and Dualism, the theory that the world can be explained as two entities, mind and matter. The latter idea of dualism is particularly intriguing and, as I will discuss through the course of the next few paragraphs, the more sensible of the two platforms concerning the mind-body problem since it is directly linked to the idea of spirituality and religion, it compensates for the fact that the mental and physical worlds have very different and perhaps irreconcilable differences, and it is quite frankly the simpler of the two theories.
             Any individual who believes in a higher divine being is bound to reject the notion of materialism for it cannot account for eternal or spiritual forces within the human soul. As a strict Roman Catholic, the idea that physical phenomena can explain everything simply does not make sense to my idea of religion, for it discourages the notion that God and eternal life even exist. The basis of many religions throughout the world promote the thought that the soul is the source of all the choices you make as human beings and that when you die, your soul moves on to a greater level of perpetual existence known to most as heaven, or depending on the life you live, hell. Thus, belief in the Materialistic view that the soul can be relegated to anything physical directly contradicts the idea of religion, for it suggests that when your brain stops functioning, your soul just like any other part of the body would no longer be able to exist. Hence, the Dualistic view that the mind and matter are tw...