Questions tagged [souls]
Questions regarding the spiritual part of a person that is believed to give life to the body and is considered to be immortal
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the pre-existence of souls
Recently I learned that there are those who teach the pre-existence of human souls. What is the biblical understanding of the pre-existence of the human soul? Is there any biblical basis for this ...
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The concept of being a "Vessel"?
I've been hearing more and more of this concept that humans are vessels, either controlled by the spirit of the world (Satan) or the Holy Spirit (if saved) and that there is no "independent self&...
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Soul transfer belief in Christianity
Does Christianity teach anything resembling soul transfer as in Hinduism's understanding of The Journey of the Atman?
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What extrabiblical arguments do Christians employ (i.e., utilize in apologetics) to defend the existence of spirits or souls?
According to the 2020 PhilPapers Survey results, when asked about their stance on Consciousness: identity theory, eliminativism, functionalism, dualism, or panpsychism?, only 20.98% leaned towards or ...
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Catholic Saints Who Have Expressed Thoughts Similar to St. Faustina Regarding Chosen Souls
There are at least three places in St. Faustina's Diary where she writes about the world being maintained by chosen souls; see, for example:
926 And the Lord gave me to know who it is that upholds ...
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According to theistic evolutionists, did Adam and Eve's parents have souls?
Theistic evolution postulates that God employed the process of evolution to bring about the formation of the human species. In this view, Adam and Eve, like any other living organisms, are thought to ...
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Does God create fresh souls or are we a part of Gods soul?
With the premise that we have souls and the premise that the soul of God is eternal.
If God's soul is eternal, are the parts of that soul eternal too. If we are parts of that whole soul, then are we ...
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Why Doesn't Everyone Who Dies Physically Go to Hell?
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 9:5:
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten."
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How Many Souls Have Ever Lived?
This question is related to How Did Ussher Determine That the World Began on "Sunday Evening, October 23, 4004 B.C."?
From a Christian perspective (i.e., beginning with the premise that the ...
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What is the difference between Soul and Spirit? [duplicate]
My Question was if there is a difference between Soul and Spirit. I ask this question because it seems like your Soul and Spirit are the same thing.
I realized that your spirit and physical body are ...
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How do Seventh Day Adventists interpret Philippians 1:27?
For anyone who adheres to an understanding that the soul is mortal. What does "spirit" and "mind" refere to in Philippians 1:27 (NET):
[...] I should hear that you are standing ...
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How to adherents to Christian mortalism understand death and the human soul?
This is a question for those who see Christian anthropology of one part (Monism).
The belief that human soul is not immortal and that man is a unity, that is, not a duality of soul-body, or a ...
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About the spiritual soul: can animals apprehend universals?
I'm struggling with this question for a while:
It seems like dogs do know what dogs are. Is it possible for a dog to only recognize individuals and not grasp the universal concept of dog?
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What are the correct pairings between the soul's faculties and the 3 transcendentals?
The three transcendentals and imago dei
Medieval scholastic theology inherited the notions of transcendentals from Greek metaphysics. CCC 41, interpreting Wis 13:5, teaches that our soul has the ...
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How do believers in an eternal conscious torment/separation interpret Matthew 10:28?
Matthew 10:28
`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna. (YLT)
And do not be afraid of ...
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