on the soul
a storyteller's view of eternity By: stacy (49 replies) 14 September, 2006 - 00:24
- some of my thoughts, By: kingjames1 (24/09/2006 - 05:52)
- Re: some of my thoughts, By: enarchay (21/07/2007 - 12:47)
- Re: some of my thoughts, By: stacy (23/07/2007 - 00:27)
- thanks By: stacy (24/09/2006 - 15:11)
- a white stone... By: liquidlight (29/09/2006 - 16:17)
- more on the apostles creed By: kingjames1 (26/09/2006 - 06:39)
- Re: some of my thoughts, By: enarchay (21/07/2007 - 12:47)
- Alive in the mind of God? By: vynette (19/09/2006 - 05:17)
- not sure By: stacy (19/09/2006 - 13:54)
- A new body? By: vynette (19/09/2006 - 15:58)
- i want to hear your point By: stacy (21/09/2006 - 00:54)
- My point of view then By: vynette (21/09/2006 - 16:31)
- over and over? By: samlcarr (21/09/2006 - 22:08)
- not so radical By: stacy (21/09/2006 - 16:45)
- the 'first' resurrection By: vynette (22/09/2006 - 02:23)
- My point of view then By: vynette (21/09/2006 - 16:31)
- i want to hear your point By: stacy (21/09/2006 - 00:54)
- A new body? By: vynette (19/09/2006 - 15:58)
- not sure By: stacy (19/09/2006 - 13:54)
- Eternity - Aionian and Aion By: Ryan Peter (18/09/2006 - 18:01)
- thoughts on your thoughts By: stacy (18/09/2006 - 20:27)
- The same ol' story By: bobcmu76 (16/09/2006 - 00:00)
- my dilemma then By: stacy (16/09/2006 - 05:27)
- timeless theology By: samlcarr (16/09/2006 - 07:52)
- oh hell By: dissident (16/09/2006 - 18:07)
- what, then, is the quality of a soul? By: stacy (16/09/2006 - 19:58)
- on the soul By: Daniel D. Farmer (17/09/2006 - 02:18)
- more on the soul By: stacy (18/09/2006 - 00:16)
- souls and genesis (2) By: Daniel D. Farmer (18/09/2006 - 04:34)
- really great stuff By: dissident (18/09/2006 - 05:35)
- breath of god By: stacy (18/09/2006 - 13:36)
- breath of God By: Daniel D. Farmer (19/09/2006 - 00:19)
- ponderable, all By: stacy (19/09/2006 - 00:34)
- breath By: Daniel D. Farmer (19/09/2006 - 04:34)
- i just wonder... By: stacy (19/09/2006 - 04:48)
- breath By: Daniel D. Farmer (19/09/2006 - 04:34)
- ponderable, all By: stacy (19/09/2006 - 00:34)
- breath of God By: Daniel D. Farmer (19/09/2006 - 00:19)
- breath of god By: stacy (18/09/2006 - 13:36)
- really great stuff By: dissident (18/09/2006 - 05:35)
- souls and genesis By: Daniel D. Farmer (18/09/2006 - 04:30)
- to "D" and Daniel By: stacy (18/09/2006 - 13:36)
- souls and genesis (2) By: Daniel D. Farmer (18/09/2006 - 04:34)
- earthly soul By: dissident (17/09/2006 - 05:30)
- more on the soul By: stacy (18/09/2006 - 00:16)
- on the soul By: Daniel D. Farmer (17/09/2006 - 02:18)
- what, then, is the quality of a soul? By: stacy (16/09/2006 - 19:58)
- oh hell By: dissident (16/09/2006 - 18:07)
- timeless theology By: samlcarr (16/09/2006 - 07:52)
- my dilemma then By: stacy (16/09/2006 - 05:27)
- George Macdonald By: Ryan Peter (14/09/2006 - 16:37)
- william blake? By: stacy (14/09/2006 - 17:06)
- eternity By: Daniel D. Farmer (15/09/2006 - 16:59)
- completely new here By: stacy (15/09/2006 - 19:01)
- eternal tortures By: samlcarr (15/09/2006 - 19:36)
- that too By: stacy (15/09/2006 - 21:38)
- damnation By: Daniel D. Farmer (15/09/2006 - 20:27)
- revelation as Story By: stacy (15/09/2006 - 21:16)
- Maybe it's just a letter By: Virgil (17/09/2006 - 00:41)
- i missed this one By: stacy (19/09/2006 - 13:23)
- story By: Daniel D. Farmer (16/09/2006 - 00:01)
- Maybe it's just a letter By: Virgil (17/09/2006 - 00:41)
- revelation as Story By: stacy (15/09/2006 - 21:16)
- eternal tortures By: samlcarr (15/09/2006 - 19:36)
- completely new here By: stacy (15/09/2006 - 19:01)
- eternity By: Daniel D. Farmer (15/09/2006 - 16:59)
- william blake? By: stacy (14/09/2006 - 17:06)
- God is Love By: samlcarr (14/09/2006 - 15:15)
- I want to hear what you have to say. By: samlcarr (14/09/2006 - 10:40)
- hmmm By: stacy (14/09/2006 - 13:50)
- artists should express By: samlcarr (14/09/2006 - 14:36)
- ha! By: stacy (14/09/2006 - 15:04)
- artists should express By: samlcarr (14/09/2006 - 14:36)
- hmmm By: stacy (14/09/2006 - 13:50)
on the soul
Personally, I take the word ‘soul’ to be more or less synonymous with ‘mind’ or ‘personality’. I see no reason to believe that humans are ‘in their true nature’ some kind of ethereal spirit.
Biblically speaking, as Andrew has oft argued, resurrection from the dead is resurrection from the dead. That is to say, when we are dead, we are no more. To ask ‘where does the soul go?’ is like asking ‘where does the lifeforce go?’ or ‘where do thoughts go when you’re not thinking them?’. The questions assume that who we are is divorceable from our body. I see no biblical or philosophical reason, however, to assume that this is the case.
Am I making sense?