(May 16, 2011 at 7:48 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Soul in some definitions is fully human. There's lots of mention (in the bible) of feeding the soul. And even losing the soul to follow Christ (I saw yesterday - must cross check that one(maybe someone else could expand)). Where the spirit is part of God (God being father son and spirit) and our likeness to him. Our spirit can be empty (denial of God) or open to it. As I understand.This is just a different name for what most people would refer to as the psyche, which does not require any sort of seperate force or entitiy. The concept of the soul is not neccessary to futher oneself spiritually and the abillity to better oneself in such a manner is not proof of a soul.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
