When a person dies they no longer refer to him or her as a person but as a body. Aside from the fact that they have seized to be alive, is it not still the person we know before us? I mean, did something leave them? Did the essence of them leave -say a soul? To me, even people who DO NOT believe in such things are inclined towards said reference which leads me to conclude that innately, WE ALL BELIEVE THERE TO BE SOMETHING THAN 95% water and $2 worth of chemicals comprising our make up!