I see no reason to believe that humans are ‘in their true nature’ some kind of ethereal spirit.

okay hang on. help me hear you here. was not physical death a result of adam and eve’s disobedience? wouldn’t that indicate then, that death, an “ending,” was not in the original design, making the true nature of humans, “without end,” created in the image of god? is there not some spirit-like quality there? i do not believe i am just a body and mind, not because of some doctrine, but because of my own awareness of myself.

i dont even think GOD is some sort of “ethereal spirit,” some magical, substance-less, puff of air. he became man, and that man received a new body after resurrection. but jesus was more than his body, his essence was before and after that - are we not also this way?

i do not know what andrew has said about ressurection, i am happy to read, so i shall hunt about on this site, but i am not certain how being raised from the dead has impact on the definition of a soul. i do see, perhaps, how you might argue that a lot of superstious bunk may have been created around a man-made doctrine of “souls.” i just dont know that i see the validity of doing away with the spirit quality of man.

have i misunderstood you?