What others do is up to them. But since not all terms are as slippery as 'spirit', and since I try not to speak in a slippery manner, I prefer to choose other, clearer words.
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The Dead Know Nothing
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people have biases to feed their ego. it's a word. just a word, it has no power except the power of love/hate that people assign to them.
just a word
TheresOnlyNow
The Mind Is Everything. U R What U Think
Are we talking spiritually dead or physically?
The thread title is part of scripture in the book of Ecclesiastes.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten" (Ecclesiastes 9:5).
The thread title is part of scripture in the book of Ecclesiastes.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten" (Ecclesiastes 9:5).
mentally dead, or regressing.Are we talking spiritually dead or physically?
The thread title is part of scripture in the book of Ecclesiastes.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten" (Ecclesiastes 9:5).
That particular word is a favorite for connoting while pretending to denote. So I generally avoid using it. As I said, what others do is up to them.
TheresOnlyNow
The Mind Is Everything. U R What U Think
Thank you for clarifying for my benefit. I appreciate your time.
I think they can be spiritually dead due to spiritual atrophy that occurs because their mind has arrived at the conclusion they should give up.
I knew a woman who finally divorced her abusive husband. She advised, if your marriage is bad, and counseling isn't an option, get out before you go numb. Once you go numb it is very hard to get back to who you are meant to be.