believe in some sort of immaterial soul.

相信非物质的灵魂存在
And given this existence of this immaterial soul,

鉴于它们的存在
it's a possibility,

有可能
indeed a fair likelihood,

也的确是有这样的可能
that we will survive our deaths.

让我们能在死亡后继续存在
The death will be the destruction of my body,

死亡会破坏我们的身体
but my soul is immaterial

但是我们的灵魂是非物质的
and so my soul can continue to exist after my death.

所以能在我们死亡之后仍然存在
And whether or not you actually believe in a soul,

不论你是否相信灵魂的存在
you hope that there's a soul so

你希望它是存在的
so that there'll be this serious possibility of surviving your death

如果灵魂存在你就能幸免于死
because death is not only bad, but so horrible

因为死亡不仅糟糕而且极为恐怖