Originally posted by FMF"Because every human being is dichotomous: body and soul which will live at one of two addresses for eternity.." Thread 168959 (Page 2)
If by "soul" you have some sort of Christian definition of a "soul" in mind, please provide it, and if it is coherent, I will give an answer.
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby"Humans have a soul" is not a definition of "soul."
"Because every human being is dichotomous: body and soul which will live at one of two addresses for eternity.." Thread 168959 (Page 2)
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYes as do all animals.
Do "apes" have a soul?
“There is no dichotomy [division] of body and soul in the O[ld] T[estament]. The Israelite saw things concretely, in their totality, and thus he considered men as persons and not as composites. The term nepeš [neʹphesh], though translated by our word soul, never means soul as distinct from the body or the individual person. . . . The term [psy·kheʹ] is the N[ew] T[estament] word corresponding with nepeš. It can mean the principle of life, life itself, or the living being.”—New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967), Vol. XIII, pp. 449, 450.
“The Hebrew term for ‘soul’ (nefesh, that which breathes) was used by Moses . . . , signifying an ‘animated being’ and applicable equally to nonhuman beings. . . . New Testament usage of psychē (‘soul&rsquo😉 was comparable to nefesh.”—The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1976), Macropædia, Vol. 15, p. 152.
“The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophical or theological speculation rather than of simple faith, and is accordingly nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture.”—The Jewish Encyclopedia (1910), Vol. VI, p. 564.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyDo you have a definition of "soul" in mind, if so please provide it
"Because every human being is dichotomous: body and soul which will live at one of two addresses for eternity.." Thread 168959 (Page 2)
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Originally posted by FMFYes. Your soul was supernaturally imputed to your body by the Holy Spirit at the moment of your birth: biological life then became human life [a body and soul or dichotomous]. At the moment of your belief in Christ, the Holy Spirit imputed a human spirit: you are now a trichotomous human being. All members of the pyramidal food chain are material creatures without a human soul. The human soul is immaterial.
[1] Do you men this in some kind of supernatural sense? [2] Do you yourself believe apes have this "immaterial" thing you believe is [and refer to as] a "soul"?