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Souls - Why do they need them?

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Souls - Why do they need them?
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Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 6:37 am
Just pondering a rather simple thought. The idea that two supernatural beings are competing for souls is idiotic. Why does Satan or God need souls? Is it a popularity contest?
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 6:41 am
Ego boost?
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
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 6:44 am
(April 30, 2012 at 6:37 am)Mosrhun Wrote: Just pondering a rather simple thought. The idea that two supernatural beings are competing for souls is idiotic. Why does Satan or God need souls? Is it a popularity contest?
No soul no immortality!

Without soul, the God to become immortal would have had to be mummified !!

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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 6:49 am
What else would god burn for his sadistic pleasure?
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 6:54 am
(April 30, 2012 at 6:44 am)dtango Wrote: Without soul, the God to become immortal would have had to be mummified !!

You're not on crack by any chance are you?
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 7:02 am
(April 30, 2012 at 6:54 am)Napoleon Wrote:
(April 30, 2012 at 6:44 am)dtango Wrote: Without soul, the God to become immortal would have had to be mummified !!

You're not on crack by any chance are you?
I gave you the best Egyptian recipe. Are you of the oninion that the Egyptians were idiots?
How do you attain immortality if you have no soul?
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 7:11 am (This post was last modified: April 30, 2012 at 7:14 am by Reforged.)
(April 30, 2012 at 6:37 am)Mosrhun Wrote: Just pondering a rather simple thought. The idea that two supernatural beings are competing for souls is idiotic. Why does Satan or God need souls? Is it a popularity contest?

An inexpensive and environment friendly alternative to fossil fuels?
Keeping the pope-mobile running isn't cheap and how else is Satan going to keep warm without aggravating his sons asthma?
Duh.
(April 30, 2012 at 7:02 am)dtango Wrote:
(April 30, 2012 at 6:54 am)Napoleon Wrote:
(April 30, 2012 at 6:44 am)dtango Wrote: Without soul, the God to become immortal would have had to be mummified !!

You're not on crack by any chance are you?
I gave you the best Egyptian recipe. Are you of the oninion that the Egyptians were idiots?
How do you attain immortality if you have no soul?

... onion?
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die." 
- Abdul Alhazred.
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 7:34 am
Their isn't a competition. Because Satan is not a god or the lord of Hell. Satan is sent there just like all others who do not want to spend eternity with God. For where else can one escape the presents of the God of creation except in the absents of it?
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 7:50 am
(April 30, 2012 at 7:34 am)Drich Wrote: Their isn't a competition. Because Satan is not a god or the lord of Hell. Satan is sent there just like all others who do not want to spend eternity with God. For where else can one escape the presents of the God of creation except in the absents of it?

Doesn't really answer the question.
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RE: Souls - Why do they need them?
April 30, 2012 at 8:00 am
Maybe it's something like Pokemon.

Gotta get 'em all!
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