Okay, hear my story and give me your opinion on this...

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So I was driving in the car with my mum and sister. My sister notices that someone's license plate said they were an organ donor. My sister said she is going to donate her organs when she dies, my mum (who just got really into being religious a few years ago) said she would not. I asked her why and she said it was because she might need her organs in heaven. Now I am not Christian and I do not belittle the faith. I have knowledge of many religions and also I believe in the fact that no matter what we all believe in, we just do not know for sure. We can BELIEVE for sure, and have FAITH in what we believe in, but as far as proof, there is none (and please don't tell me any religious texts are proof because they really aren't). Now, I told her she wouldn't need them because it is just your spirit that goes to heaven, not your body. She told me that she would want her body all together if she went to heaven so she could see God. I then told her you can't see God. She said, you do not know that. I said, I know, but you don't know there even really is heaven. So really my thing is, it is a roundabout argument. She is worried about herself after she dies, her spirit, her energy, her essence, whatever, not being "complete" when in fact our spirits (in my belief) don't necessarily have a shape, or eyes, or hearts or mouth. Ghosts can appear in the shapes they did before, but they don't need to, they are just energy, they just ARE. You know? So, my mum would rather not donate organs from her dead body to help those who are still living because she is worried that her ethereal or energy or spirit body won't have those organs (she said she wanted to have her eyes so she could see God), yet in most beliefs there is not need for those sorts of things, which is why it is considered a spirit or energy, and the body considered a vessel. Anyway, I dropped the conversation since it was a no-win situation since everything can be halted with the fact that we just do not know for sure. I still think she is being a bit greedy by trying to keep her organs in a body she would no longer need, but whatever its hers. Anyway, my thing is, what do you think about that? Or do you just accept the fact that we just don't know for sure and we can all believe what we want and be happy until we find out? I accept the fact that we don't know, and everyone can believe in what they want, I don't care, but I just found it odd that she would think her body would need organs for her soul to have them (especially since when I was little she told me that when someone who has a problem like who is blind, or handicap etc. dies and goes to heaven that they are whole and better again, but of course this could just be another religious fairytale of sorts since we just don't know). Please no belittling or rude comments, no "Jesus/God is the truth" or anything like that, just your opinions on what I wrote.