tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post112564052152456829..comments2023-08-05T21:48:58.831-04:00Comments on Philochristos: Biblical argument for substance dualismSam Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-39011292608991194682021-07-08T17:19:35.562-04:002021-07-08T17:19:35.562-04:00I think you're missing a key part of this: ver...I think you're missing a key part of this: verse 9. It says, "So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it." It means that here in this life, we are surrendering our daily, mundane routines to holiness. We are trying to communicate holiness by finding it an identifying it our everyday lives. I believe Jesus took on flesh and showed us this. And he healed broken bodies while forgiving sins to teach us that he values both. John 10:10, "I came that they may have life and have it to the full." The greek for "life" here is "Zoe" which means terrestrial life-- it isn't a vague redemptive truth Jesus is speaking of in this instance. He is saying that he came to redeem our DAILY lives-- consecrating us through the spirit and offering prevenient grace. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937736290472838007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1126061528959771452005-09-06T22:52:00.000-04:002005-09-06T22:52:00.000-04:00Steve, I often wonder how souls interact with each...Steve, I often wonder how souls interact with each other, but I really don't have anything solid to go on, so anything I said would be speculation. I don't believe we all join God in the sense of literally becoming "one," because I think that causes problems with identity. Being obsorbed into the oneness of everything, in my mind, is no different than ceasing to exist as an individual, and that seems inconsistent with Christianity.Sam Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10407988.post-1125975584934980772005-09-05T22:59:00.000-04:002005-09-05T22:59:00.000-04:00I agree with a lot of what you're saying. Some re...I agree with a lot of what you're saying. Some religious ideas, like life after death, transmigration, reincarnation, etc., seem to depend on the notion that we have a soul. Of course that's one of the problematic aspects of some forms of Buddhism. They believe in reincarnation, but they deny an enduring self. These two views seem to me to be incompatible.<BR/><BR/>Mormons believe we all were originally born as spirit beings long before we ever became humans in bodies. Most Christians, though, think that a new person (soul and all) comes into being when a person is conceived. It's clear in some passages that Jesus pre-existed, but my impression that that ordinary people didn't pre-exist.<BR/><BR/>Jehovah's Witnesses believe that some people will cease to exist when God destroys them, but most Christians believe once you come into being, you never cease to exist.<BR/><BR/>If you've ever read <I>Phaedo</I> by Plato, he makes some arguments that the soul exists and is eternal--in other words it has always existed and always will exist.Sam Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884738370893218595noreply@blogger.com