Jonathan Bailey
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I've knew one Catholic boy in high school who thought "soul" meant a "dead person".
I once asked a methodist pastor what the word "soul" meant. He said YOU are the SOUL.
I once heard a radio preacher claim that a SOUL can't exist without a BODY whether dead or alive.
Some claim the SOUL temporarily leaves the BODY when a living person sneezes.
Some claim the BODY is the temple of the SOUL.
Some claim the human soul is immortal.
Sometimes the term soul is used for a human being whether living or dead. "I don't know a single soul in China."
Some claim animals have no souls.
My mother, raised a Catholic, claims that the soul leaves a person's body summarily upon death. It has no reason to stick around the body forever.
George Harrison of the Beatles said that the body is merely a suit of clothing worn by the soul and that the soul continues to receive a new suit following the death of each subsequent human body that possess it over a number of lifetimes.
To me, the SOUL is life and consciousness and it's possible that the SOUL is immortal. True or absolute death is the termination of the soul's existence. To me the soul, not the body, is what defines each individual human person. The body I wear in this physical life is not so much the "TRUE ME" as is my one unique SOUL in this universe. How many bodies has my soul worn in the past? I don't know and can't recall. How many bodies shall my soul wear in the future? Can my soul just go on eternally with no more attached physical bodies to follow? Only God knows.
Here is the SOUL according to the dictionary:
soul
[sohl]
noun
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come:arguing the immortality of the soul.
the disembodied spirit of a deceased person:He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.
the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments.
a human being; person.
high-mindedness; noble warmth of feeling, spirit or courage, etc.
the animating principle; the essential element or part of something.
the inspirer or moving spirit of some action, movement, etc.
the embodiment of some quality:He was the very soul of tact.
( initial capital letter ) Christian Science . God; the divine source of all identity and individuality.
shared ethnic awareness and pride among black people, especially black Americans.
deeply felt emotion, as conveyed or expressed by a performer or artist.
soul music.
adjective
of, characteristic of, or for black Americans or their culture:soul newspapers.
I once asked a methodist pastor what the word "soul" meant. He said YOU are the SOUL.
I once heard a radio preacher claim that a SOUL can't exist without a BODY whether dead or alive.
Some claim the SOUL temporarily leaves the BODY when a living person sneezes.
Some claim the BODY is the temple of the SOUL.
Some claim the human soul is immortal.
Sometimes the term soul is used for a human being whether living or dead. "I don't know a single soul in China."
Some claim animals have no souls.
My mother, raised a Catholic, claims that the soul leaves a person's body summarily upon death. It has no reason to stick around the body forever.
George Harrison of the Beatles said that the body is merely a suit of clothing worn by the soul and that the soul continues to receive a new suit following the death of each subsequent human body that possess it over a number of lifetimes.
To me, the SOUL is life and consciousness and it's possible that the SOUL is immortal. True or absolute death is the termination of the soul's existence. To me the soul, not the body, is what defines each individual human person. The body I wear in this physical life is not so much the "TRUE ME" as is my one unique SOUL in this universe. How many bodies has my soul worn in the past? I don't know and can't recall. How many bodies shall my soul wear in the future? Can my soul just go on eternally with no more attached physical bodies to follow? Only God knows.
Here is the SOUL according to the dictionary:
soul
[sohl]
noun
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come:arguing the immortality of the soul.
the disembodied spirit of a deceased person:He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.
the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments.
a human being; person.
high-mindedness; noble warmth of feeling, spirit or courage, etc.
the animating principle; the essential element or part of something.
the inspirer or moving spirit of some action, movement, etc.
the embodiment of some quality:He was the very soul of tact.
( initial capital letter ) Christian Science . God; the divine source of all identity and individuality.
shared ethnic awareness and pride among black people, especially black Americans.
deeply felt emotion, as conveyed or expressed by a performer or artist.
soul music.
adjective
of, characteristic of, or for black Americans or their culture:soul newspapers.
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