We observe that something is missing when it's dead. It's life principle is no longer animating it and it succumbs to decay and dissappears into the earth.
Did mind–body dualism exist before original sin?
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the thing that is missing when something is dead is "life" but I don't see why we need to call that "life" a soul ???
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taylorswiftfan
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maybe we could apply Occam's razor to ideas about the soul
so instead of the Aristotelian belief that souls are either vegetative, sensitive or rational, we could simply use "soul" to mean "mind"
and instead of saying that bodies, souls and spirits exist, we say that only bodies and souls exist (with "soul" being interchangeable with "spirit")
I think it is better to remove any unnecessary complexity whenever we try to understand things
your thoughts ???
No. Hinduism is built around that premise.
You betcha it does!
Animals have the same breath of life from God that humans do.
Physicality + God's breath of life = living soul.
are you Catholic Ben ?It's Catholic ! Lol I love truth wherever it's found.
I'm Catholic but...
I believe things that stand up to reason and best describe what I believe is real.
Believing in the view I described doesn't make anyone Catholic.
Lots of noncatholics find it reasonable.
Our bodies shall be raised and glorified on Rapture Day...
Our bodies will not be corruptible flesh, but it does not logically follow that they will be wispy and cloud-like. God thought it good to make Adam a certain way, and I'm sure he looked much less like a monkey than poor Darwin did.
Jesus needed to be physical while still here on Earth. Why would humans need it after the Earth is done?
God gave man's body the power to overcome entropy. That is why you don't bleed to death every time you get a paper cut.
Psalms 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
"Needing it" is not the point. When God offers you a glorified body at the Rapture, you can just put up your hand and say, "No thanks, I don't need it." Be prepared for lots of chuckles from the peanut gallery.
The point of this thread is that Heaven has nothing to do with physicality. You can still look like a body ..you just won't have entropy. ..you will be waves.
and is just opposite of what your immune system does for you. Time to start giving God some credit for what He does for you on a daily and moment by moment basis.