Is the soul immortal?

Question

Please use scripture(s) to support your belief. Any answer not using scripture for the basis of their belief will be ignored.

Why can't anyone support this belief with scripture?

I see someone quoted a scripture in Matthew that says God can destroy the soul (meaning that it is not immortal...).

Answer 1

In other words you are asking if the soul can die or does it live forever. First of all we know that in Genesis, God created the animals and Adam and Eve. He created the fish too. If you have access to a King James Bible with footnotes, you will read in the footnotes, that they became living souls, so when they eventually died, they became dead souls or dead bodies with bodies and soul being interchangeable.

In Ezekiel 18:4, it reads "Look! All the souls to me they do belong. As the soul of the father so likewise the soul of the son to me they do belong. The soul that is sinning it itself will die." We are all sinners so our souls or our physical bodies (one and the same thing) die. In Hebrewreads "the ne'phesh." King James, American Standard, New English, Diaglott, and the Revised Standard editions render it "The Soul. Some translations say "The man" or "the person."

Matthew 10:28 says "Do not become fearful of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul [or, "life"]; but rather be in fear of him that can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

The Greek uses the term psyche for soul and it is in the accusative case of psyche. The Bibles mentioned here previously render psyche as soul.

Acts 3:23 says "Indeed, any soul (Greek, psy-khe') that does not listen to that Prophet will be completely destroyed from among the people.

So, the soul (body, life) is not immortal. It can and does die until such time as when God brings people back to life on a paradise Earth Psalms 37:9-11 and various other places in the Bible. If they pass the final test by Satan, they will live forever and then, and only then will the soul be immortal.

Answer 2

The issue is the concept of the soul. What does it mean? Does it mean the psychological person? If so, does it mean that the person is the same as they are now -- exact same personality, abilities (hearing, seeing, thinking, etc.)? If so, how can the person be like that without the body mechanisms? If the soul can think, remember, see, hear, etc. without the body mechanisms, then are we still talking about an individual consciousness? Does the soul maintain invdividuality after death? Are we a bag of skin and bones that is animated by a soul? If so, then why don't we just leave the bag of skin and bones NOW without dying? Why is the body even needed?

So ... the whole question really is WHAT IS THE SOUL? In the traditional sense, the soul is considered the psychological person -- exactly the concept the person has of themselves, projected outward in this ghostlike state without a physical body but retaining all the attributes of the body (think, hear, see, remember). So ... in this sense, people's belief is that it is eternal because it always has been - it's only the body that dies.

My thoughts: have a direct experience of God (with long and arduous work by using some form like Zen or A Course in Miracles or whatever) and this question will be meaningless; you will KNOW.

Answer 3

No Immortal Soul

The Bible teaches that each person is a human soul; when a person dies, the soul dies. Ezekiel 18:4 says: “The soul that is sinning—it itself will die.” The dead are not conscious or alive anywhere. Solomon wrote: “As for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10) Neither the Jews nor the earliest Christians originally taught that the soul is immortal.

“The soul in the O[ld] T[estament] means not a part of man, but the whole man—man as a living being. Similarly, in the N[ew] T[estament] it signifies human life . . . The Bible does not speak of the survival of an immaterial soul.”—New Catholic Encyclopedia.

“The idea of the immortality of the soul and faith in the resurrection of the dead . . . are two concepts on completely different planes.”—Dopo la morte: immortalità o resurrezione? by theologian Philippe H. Menoud.

“Since man as a whole is a sinner, therefore at death he dies completely with body and soul (full death) . . . Between death and resurrection, there is a gap.”

4000 years has pass by from Adam in Eden, to show that humans do not have a immortal soul, this is what Jesus said to a religious leader:

John 3:13  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. King James Bible

Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man. Modern Translation

Answer 4

If all men have immortal souls, then it begs the question, when exactly did these immortal souls come into existence?
Does an unborn baby have an immortal soul?
Does a fetus have an immortal soul?
Does a fertilized egg at conception have an immortal soul?
If so, what do these immortal souls look like if the unborn baby dies in the womb?
Does the soul of a stillborn baby instantly gain full adulthood in appearance when they reach heaven (or hell)?
Do the souls of these dead babies have fully developed brains when they reach heaven (or hell)?
Where will they have gained the knowledge to speak and the powers of memory and reason?
What does instantly elevating a dead baby into the presence of Jesus in heaven do to the core doctrines of the Christian faith, such as, "Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him." (Hebrews 11:6) , "If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." (Romans 10:10)?

Answer 5

First, to answer, one must be able to define soul... Since no-one, but God, has managed to make a soul themselves, out of nothing, so to speak, how can you say what a soul is? Perhaps the term is variabe in God's estimate, a version being immortal, and another use of the same term, mortal. God can do what is contradictory to mundane human thinking.

Answer 6

Check out Luke 16. The rich man's body was dead but he remembered his family and knew that he was being tormanted and knew that he was in flames. Read Revelation 14:11 their tormant is forever. It goes hand in hand with Revelation 20:15 and 21:8. Look up terms like "eternal life" and "forever".
Look at it this way: if you cut your hand off you would cease to exist? Where does it end? I have seen a child live without a brain. Your soul can live without your body

Answer 7

In the scriptures King David gets reassurance that the lord will not leave his soul in hell for murder. PS 16:10, acts 2:27,31. He knew he would have to spend time in hell after he died for that sin but got reassurance from the lord he would not be left there.

Answer 8

Ezekiel 18:4 >>> The soul that sins shall die.

Ask any of Jehovah's Witnesses, and they'll
show you 100 more, in your Bible... yep

Answer 9

Yes, the soul is immortal.

Answer 10

You may ignore my answer if you wish. If you believe there is a soul, you have to believe it is immortal. If not, it would just be your conscience.