A sheep in wolf's clothing.
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
(1 Samuel 1:15) KJV
The ancient Hebrews had an innate sense that the soul was wet, or was in a liquid state, as is evident from the concept that it could be poured out.
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He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
(Psalms 72:14) KJV
When God breathed life into Adam he became a living soul, so there’s a connection between life, blood and breath (spirit), which is why the Children of Israel and the early Church had prohibitions on eating blood or meat with blood in it.
Continue reading “A Blood-Soul Connection?”
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
(Ezekiel 18:27) KJV
The word soul occurs 458 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The majority of these references are references to the person as an individual. It’s as if the word soul could be used interchangeably with any personal pronoun.
Continue reading “What does Soul Refer to?”
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
(2 Peter 3:9) KJV
God created the Earth’s environment and our physical bodies as a way of giving each soul an opportunity to come to know the truth about God and choose for themselves whether or not they want to have fellowship with him in eternity.
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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
(Galatians 4:16) KJV
Our deduction brings us to a deeply disturbing line of reasoning, expressed in the last of 3 deductive questions:
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And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
(Isaiah 6:9) KJV
The great value in using deductive questioning is that it helps us to know which questions we ought to be asking, and frequently one question leads to another.
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Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
(Psalms 104:5) KJV
We’ve made extensive use of deductive reasoning. Another tool we employ is deductive questioning. This is how we can investigate, among other things, the nature of the soul.
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But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
(2 Timothy 2:16) KJV
We (that’s me and the Holy spirit) have affectionately called the broad class of people on Twitter who graciously take the time to tell us that we’re stupid atheist science trolls (ASTs) or scientifically illiterate science worshipers (SISWs).
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
(James 1:5) KJV
We have taken four scripture-based lines of deductive reasoning to link the concepts of the soul as our consciousness and personality, with the soul as a gravitational singularity.
Continue reading “The Story So Far”
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
(Jeremiah 17:9) KJV
One aspect of the soul is the heart which is, among other things, our drive and motivation. Another aspect of the soul is the mind which is our ability to reason. Physically the heart is a pump that drives blood, the mind is a brain.
Continue reading “Separation of Heart and Mind”
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