Soul or souless?

[DiRNiS]

I remember talking to an Evangelical Christian on the street a while back. He mentioned that the human body is composed of the physical body, the soul and the spirit.

If according to Christians, the soul is the essence of a person, and what remains after you die, what is the spirit to them exactly? What is the main difference between the "soul" and the "spirit?

Of course, when talking about the soul or spirit we are talking about the supernatural (people believing ghosts are the souls of deceased persons). But I am curious to know a bit more about it anyway.

[Rhizomorph13]

I remember talking to an Evangelical Christian on the street a while back. He mentioned that the human body is composed of the physical body, the soul and the spirit.

If according to Christians, the soul is the essence of a person, and what remains after you die, what is the spirit to them exactly? What is the main difference between the "soul" and the "spirit?

Of course, when talking about the soul or spirit we are talking about the supernatural (people believing ghosts are the souls of deceased persons). But I am curious to know a bit more about it anyway.

I read a pamphlet from a missionary to India that talked about the triune nature of man and explained that the spirit is the undestroyable part of us that is housed in the soul which is then housed within the body. His idea was that after the body is dead, the soul would leave it along with the spirit inside and if the soul had not accepted Jesus it would disintegrate and the spirit would be reborn through some process that created another soul and body for it.

Rhizo

[Bull Poopie]

Rhizo,

That is a very good question. Where would I start to get answers without a christian point of view on the soul? philosophy books? Who is a good writter besides Darwin that I can read?

Chicken

[Rhizomorph13]

The bible. I honestly wouldn't know. The pamphlet was from the grandpa of a friend of mine and not widely published. At the time I found it interesting because it was supported by the bible and I was a believer. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[Bull Poopie]

Rhizo,

It is quite alright. I don't believe in reincarnation anyways. It is quite a bunch of bullpoopie if you ask me.

[Rhizomorph13]

You might find this thread of interest:

http://atheistforums.org/thread-2037.htm...light=soul

I officially binned my belief in souls and an afterlife in that thread.

[Minimalist]

Soul or souless?

I'm white. Definitely souless.

Anyway, you reminded me of this clip from Amazon Women on the Moon.

[theVOID]

You might find this thread of interest:

http://atheistforums.org/thread-2037.htm...light=soul

I officially binned my belief in souls and an afterlife in that thread.

Oh yeah, i forgot about that thread You must look back on that and feel silly

[Rhizomorph13]

No, that was the height of fun for me, much like our talk about my six dimensional model of reality. /sarcasm

For real though, it was good to air out what I thought and talk about it to really test the validity of belief and why I believe certain things. I'm just glad that this forum exists.

Rhizo

[Bull Poopie]

Soul or souless?

I'm white. Definitely souless.

Anyway, you reminded me of this clip from Amazon Women on the Moon.

haha, minimalist. :-P

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Exactly Rhizo.

Perhaps it is time for me to take a break from posting now :-P. It was just good to talk about something I wasn't a hundered percent certain about. It is good to dicuess your beliefs and uncertainties with those that present a little sarcasm or humor.


Chicken