@Patches,
Patches wrote:The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Holy Trinity
and,
It will take me a while to get back to this one as it's complicated to deal with on a cell phone.
Patches wrote:the soul does survive after death.
But this one is easy:
Psalm 146:3,4
Quote:Do not put your trust in princes nor in a son of man who can not bring salvation. 4 His spiirit goes out. He returns to the ground. On that very day his thoughts perish.
Eelesiastes 9:5,6
Quote:The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they no longer have any share in anything that is done under the sun
If your mind brings up thoughts of a resurrection, remember it is gift, not a guarantee.
BTW, I remember now how Smiley explained how the Greek language assigns gender to some nouns, just as we might refer to a boat as 'she'. Was his explanation offensive to you? Did it suggest you might have to abandon your fantasy?