Hi
Izzy,
Let me jump in
here. One thing we always have to be careful of is our blind acceptance
of some of our definitions. The soul, or spirit is one of these.
When the New Testament writers were writing the NT they had two choices for
describing the spiritual: they could either make up new names or use old
names, already commonly accepted but with a spin that would set them
apart. They chose the second. The concept of soul or spirit that
you and Judy have comes completely from Greek philosophy. Whenever you
see the word soul or spirit in the Bible you automatically use a skewed
definition that is clearly opposite from actual scripture. It is not
rooted in scripture at all. In other words, just because Judy gives a
verse that uses the word soul or spirit does not in any way prove that they
are actual entities separated from the rest of who we are. This is
completely opposite of the Hebrew revelation from the Old Testament and leads
one into Gnosticism as we can easily see in Judy’s writings
(Gnosticism held that human beings consist of flesh, soul, and
spirit (the divine spark), and that humanity is divided into classes
representing each of these elements.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0821080.html). We must
always be on the lookout for dualisms that are not present. Please see
the links below for some more detailed information and word
studies.
http://www.cresourcei.org/bodysoul.html
http://www.pickle-publishing.com/papers/soul-and-spirit.htm
Jonathan
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Lance, I’m not
following your logic. Let me spell it out, since you have not. Do
you consider a soul to be a philosophy? Do you consider a spirit to be a poor
exegesis? What are you saying they are? And how do you explain away the
scriptural references to them? Izzy
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Linda:I do for the reasons
cited:soul (philsophical), spirit (poor exegesis). Judy's is a common
misapprehension on both. Judy does some great research. Judy quotes scripture
extensively in an attempt to support teachings gleaned from Dake &
Scofield (sadly). But, I do believe her to be well-intentioned
(occasionally).
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Sent: August
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[TruthTalk] Soul & Spirit?
Lance, I am curious
to know if you still believe that Human Beings do not have either a soul or
a spirit, in spite of Judy’s Biblical evidence to the contrary.
Izzy
