Can the Soul die?

@neologist,

neologist wrote:

Smileyrius wrote:
...it is useful to try to understand what is in the bible, so we use our best guesses to try to pass a single thread through all of what we read.
InfraBlue wrote:
Why "must" we try to pass a single thread through all of what we read, though?
It seems helpful to have a consistent world view.
Unless you choose to be the forever devil's advocate.

So, why not pass a single thread through the Qur'an, the Hindi Mahabharata or the Ramayana, for that matter, or the various texts of Theravada Buddhism?

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@neologist,

Why is the bible a better choice than other religious documents?

Could be you picked the wrong one.

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@InfraBlue,

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So, why not pass a single thread through the Qur'an, the Hindi Mahabharata or the Ramayana, for that matter, or the various texts of Theravada Buddhism?

That is a very good question.

I can't claimed to have made a full study of all of those but I did make efforts in most and found too many contradictions to make it worthwhile continuing. I still revisit them and new ones that I encounter and look for that thread.

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@dalehileman,

Thank you for your comment. Adam was not given a soul but rather he became a living soul, body included. "And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Genesis 2:7 ASV)

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@usmanbin,

Souls die. (Ezekiel 18:4) Those who die can come to life again. Jesus was talking here about a Resurrection. The Resurrection would be an unnecessary act if the soul never dies. "Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out" (John 5:28)

Thank you.

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@BroRando,

Souls on Doc Martin shoes never die. They dont even lose tread.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

Why is the bible a better choice than other religious documents?

Could be you picked the wrong one.

Blue asked the same question:

InfraBlue wrote:

So, why not pass a single thread through the Qur'an, the Hindi Mahabharata or the Ramayana, for that matter, or the various texts of Theravada Buddhism?

Short answer:
Other holy books contradict the bible's teachings.
Now that I have vetted the Bible, I need not look elsewhere.

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@neologist,

ahhh, the seeds of fanaticism as expressed by Brother Dave Gardnre. "Fanaticism is where you fully settle upon one way of thinking without exploring what the others have to offer"

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

ahhh, the seeds of fanaticism as expressed by Brother Dave Gardnre. "Fanaticism is where you fully settle upon one way of thinking without exploring what the others have to offer"

Or, as JFK astutely chided us as "we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

Confirmation bias is like the black camel, eh?

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@neologist,

So when will you open yer mind a bit more?
Ive found JW'ers pretty "thought-free" about most subjects that factually disagree with their credo.

Bullshit factors rule almost all religions

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@farmerman,

Ya mean me Question

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McvkjbbpbN8

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@farmerman,

Religion gets pretty upset when we exposed their dogmas not found in the bible. Laughing

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@farmerman,

What surprises me is that people still can't smell the stench of those fictional stories.

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@farmerman,

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Souls on Doc Martin shoes never die. They dont even lose tread.

When we were kids growing up in Sacramento, all our mother could afford for us were Gallen Kamp shoes. We had holes in our soles within the first month of wearing, so we slid cardboard in our shoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6pdPa27yhQ

Fast forward many years later. I ended up working for Florsheim Shoes, the premier shoe company in the US.

Irony or progress? Maybe, both. LOL

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@cicerone imposter,

Soon Religion will be removed from the earth. Today, we see Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech being eroded away. Even on Social media.

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@BroRando,

Did you get the jest of my story?

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@BroRando,

Im glad that the evil of evolution is being found out and is being fought over by good Christians. After all, Its only a theory

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@cicerone imposter,

My mom bought me my first pair of very cool florsheim wing tips with more decoration than a birthday cake. These wing tips were like a small version of my dad's same shoe. (My dad was career WWII army as a Sergeant Major, when he retired he became an executive for Reding Railroad) So shoes were a real "tool" for discipline, neatness, routine, status and executive "power". Back then Florsheim was a really big one in all those areas (I think the girls checked out my shoes, my watch and then decided whether theyd go out with me). As you know, Im kinda geeky lookin

I stopped wearing Florsheims when I went into college at a "pachysandra League School" . There, veryon else was rther preppy and wore buckports. At was the time I started Doc Martin boots.

Ive been a Doc Martin guy for almost 40 years . I spit on Buckport people. (Most of them were trust-fund babies who hve never worked a day in their
lives)

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@cicerone imposter,

I think I missed it several links ago. What's your story Cicerone?

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