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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In open theism, if God knows every possible future, wouldn't this result in the same thing as Molinism?
Open theism posits that God possesses comprehensive knowledge of every possible future but is unaware of which particular future will be actualized due to human free will. Wouldn't this result in the ...
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For what purpose is it said that the soul is immortal if only God is immortal? [closed]
The text of the Orthodox Divine Service speaks of salvation from the destruction of the human race and nowhere speaks of the immortality of the soul.
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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?
I thought ...
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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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How do Annihilationists 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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Did the Apostle Paul believe in the immortality of the soul?
The Apostle Paul used to be a Pharisee at one point, and Pharisees believed in the immortality of the soul [citationneeded], but then Paul became a Christian through a dramatic conversion, and I don't ...
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From a Roman Catholic view, after God creates a soul, does He let the soul to choose if they want to enter a body? Can a soul refuse to be embodied?
The Catholic Catechism says this:
366 The Church teaches that every spiritual soul is created immediately by God - it is not "produced" by the parents - and also that it is immortal: it does ...
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When God creates each individual soul, is it without original sin at that moment?
According to the Catholic Catechism, 366 The Church teaches that every spiritual soul is created immediately by God - it is not "produced" by the parents - and also that it is immortal: it ...
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What is the biblical basis for the belief that the spirit of a person remains conscious after death?
What is the biblical basis for the belief that the spiritual part of a person remains conscious after their bodily death? In other words, what is the biblical basis against Christian mortalism / 'Soul ...
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How do 'soul sleep' adherents explain reports of astral projection, out-of-body experiences (OBE) and near-death experiences (NDE)?
Testimonies of astral projections, out-of-body experiences (OBE) and near-death experiences (NDE) abound, both within and outside Christianity. Many interpret these experiences as evidence that ...
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How do those who believe that the dead are conscious explain passages in Psalms that seem to suggest otherwise?
I'm specifically talking about the following passages (courtesy of this very insightful answer):
Psalm 6:5 "For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol, who will praise You?"
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According to Catholic Church, how long should a person pray for the soul of his/her dear ones after the death of the latter?
Catholics believe in the existence of Purgatory where one's soul gets purified before one is granted entry into the abode of God. So, we have November, the month dedicated to the prayer for the souls ...
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Did Jesus believe that the human soul lived on after death? [closed]
Jesus was deeply Jewish and practiced Judaism which, in Jesus's time, did not recognize separation of soul and body. So did Jesus believe that the human soul lived on after death?
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Do any Christian groups teach that animals will *go* to heaven?
AFAIK, most Christians would agree that animals don't have souls in the sense that people (humans) do. Many would say further animals don't have free will. Thus, AFAIK, most Christians would say that ...
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How powerful (literally) is a soul? Has Any Christian sect calculated it or explained it? [closed]
If a soul can control its own body it has to be able to exert a force and do work. This is an important point that often gets overlooked because of the very powerful illusion of unity in being all ...
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Why did St. Augustine and St. Thomas endorse ensoulment at 40 or 80 days?
I know the story that they lacked our current biological knowledge. I know the story that they still considered abortion to be a grave evil. These two excuses seem inadequate to me. Regardless, they ...
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How do 'soul sleep' adherents explain reports of personal experiences with deceased saints, friends and relatives by Catholics and other Christians?
Adherents of the 'soul sleep' doctrine believe that human beings become unconscious upon death, and that they will only recover their consciousness at the time of the resurrection. Therefore, a ...
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According to adherents of 'soul sleep', how did Moses and Elijah appear to Jesus, Peter, James, and John?
At Matthew 17:3-4
"Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.
4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You
wish, I will put up three shelters - one ...
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What is the present position of the Catholic Church on resurrection vs "immortality of the soul"?
The Catholic Church has traditionally affirmed the unconditional "immortality of the soul", with its final destination either to the blessedness of Heaven or to the eternal torments of Hell. ...
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Did Neanderthals have a soul? From when do people exists/have soul? [closed]
Does the church agree with some kind of Darwin evolution and big bang theory? If so, from when does human exists? If we think of human as we have soul, did Neanderthals had one? Was it like this ...
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According to soul sleep adherents, if unclean spirits can be conscious without bodies, why can't human spirits also be conscious without bodies?
Most soul sleep adherents find no issue in accepting that demonic/unclean spirits are conscious beings despite the fact that they lack physical bodies. The scriptural evidence for this is quite ...
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What is an overview of Christian viewpoints on what happens to humans after death?
My (rather superficial) understanding is that most Christians would agree that human beings are composed of body, spirit and soul. Now, I'm aware that the terms "soul" and "spirit" ...
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Difference between spirit and soul and consciousness
From my reading of the Bible, spirit gives Man a consciousness of God and soul gives Man a consciousness of the self and the body gives Man consciousness of the world. Spirit is also the immaterial ...
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What is meant by "Selling one’s soul to the Devil"?
I've become very interested (by it I mean curious) about "selling one's soul to the Devil" in the past few weeks. You probably have heard the most popular examples of this: Robert Johnson, ...
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Question for those who hold to the immortality of the soul
These verses were used to teach conditionalism/ human souls are mortal. What is the “traditionalist” response to these verses.
(1 Timothy 6:16):
“who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable ...
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Does the Catholic Church believe that we become just souls after we die?
I am a Roman Catholic and I ask this question as one, but I'm also interested in understanding the answers that other christian denominations may have to my question. So, feel free to share here your ...
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According to Roman Catholicism, at what point does original sin affect the human soul?
CCC 366 teaches that every soul is immediately created by God and not produced by the parents.
The Church teaches that every spiritual soul is created immediately by God - it is not "produced&...
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How to reconcile the original creation of every soul (Creationism) by God with original sin?
The Catholic Church teaches that (CCC 366),
every spiritual soul is created immediately by God — it is not 'produced' by the parents.
So, if every soul is uniquely created by God and is not produced ...
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How do you reconcile materialism with the Christian perspective of the soul? [closed]
Throughout the ages, our knowledge of the world has expanded. And with it, the knowledge of our mind.
First, we thought that humans had a soul, we saw ourselves as something different.
Then we had ...
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According to Southern Baptists, where does a baby's soul come from?
When someone dies their soul either goes to heaven or to hell, there is no true end for a soul, only for the body because energy cannot be created or destroyed. By the same token, when someone is born ...
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Did Jesus's rational soul or His spirit descend into hell?
Jesus said on the Cross: "Father into your hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46).
The Apostles' Creed says: "Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. And then Jesus ...
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Do Baptists believe someone with multiple personalities has multiple souls?
Do Baptists believe someone with multiple personalities has multiple souls? What if someone has two personalities, like the dissociative identity disorder and one has accepted Jesus as their Savior, ...
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What does Reformed Protestantism teach regarding 'spirit and soul and body' (I Thessalonians 5:23)
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. I Thessalonians 5:23 KJV
Paul lists '...
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How does the Catholic church distinguish between the human soul and spirit?
I see questions about the creation of the human soul, and the soul's "infusion" into the body. But the Bible considers a human being to "have" three parts or concepts: spirit, soul, and body. How does ...
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What does it mean for the soul to be "immediately" created by God?
It is a Catholic dogma (De Fide) that
human souls are immediately created by God.
In this answer, the issue arose about what exactly "immediately" means. I'm not sure a satisfactory answer ...
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Is Mary's human soul pre-existent in eternity?
There is a statement in the Catholic Catechism that says that Mary is chosen from all eternity by God. Would this mean she pre-existed in eternity with God, or does "chosen" not really imply ...
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Could "The human soul is created at the moment of conception." be defined as dogma?
Could the proposition
The human soul is created at the moment of conception.
be defined as dogma?
(question idea courtesy Peter Turner, who asked "What paths exist in the Catholic Church for a ...
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