2006-07-26 18:27:07 · 19 answers · asked by Blue Star 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We're all human beings with a little piece of God inside of each of us.
2006-07-26 18:53:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is the "human" part that distinguishes us as spiritual beings. As Aristotle said we are the "rational animal". Think of it this way:
God is spirit. He cannot be seen. If you were to examine all the creatures, the CREATOR has made a pattern emerges: angels and demons are intellectual creatures without a body; plants and animals do not have an intellect but a body and mortal soul. IT IS ONLY LIVING, HUMAN, BEINGS, that have a MIND, BODY, and SOUL. Only human beings have all three. Now, living, human, being is the existence of man. Those words describe the essence of man's mind, body, and soul. The Body is living, the Mind makes us human and distinguishing us from animals, and our Soul makes us the being that we become (good or evil).
Now, even Muslims will agree Allah is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), and omnipresent (ever present). These words describe the existence of God. So, what is the essence of God? I will hold off answering this question till the end.
Now, if you think about the existence of a person they have a triple existence: physical (body), mental (mind), and spiritual (eternal soul). In fact, whenever we create something it has all three of these parts. When we cook we have a recipe (in our mind), we gather all the raw ingredients, and we cook (don't burn it, ha ha) what it is we are making. Cooking has the physical, mental, and spiritual parts. Same with engineering or technology it has three parts: the blueprints (to convey an idea), the raw materials (physical), and the workmanship (spiritual). If something goes wrong investigators will look for a design flaw, material flaw, or faulty workmanship. THIS DEMONSTRATES CREATION HAS THREE PARTS LIKE THE CREATOR.
Now, in the Bible it says Jesus is the visible likeness of the invisible God. (Colossians 1:15) The ESSENCE OF GOD IS: Father (mental), Son (physical), Holy Ghost (spiritual). ONE TRUE GOD IN THREE JUST LIKE A PERSON. THREE PARTS ONE PERSON. When you are sick you send for a doctor; when you are mentally troubled, a psychiatrist; when spiritually seeking you seek out a holy person.
So, I would answer that:
A living human being is a spiritual creature with knowledge that we are made in the image of God.
2006-07-27 01:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by Search4truth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God made Adam of the dust of the Earth.
Wouldn't that make us.... Earth?
Seriously, though, the Hebrew context points to man BEING a soul, not having one. That's not to say that we are a soul and we merely possess a body, but that the Hebrew word for SOUL (nefesh) refers to the qualify of having life.
A "soul" is not a divisable part of a person, but a term referring to the totality of existance.
The idea of being/having a spirit/soul that is eternal is a notion introduced to Christianity from sources outside of Scripture.
2006-07-27 01:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by Netchelandorious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are both. We are eternal, in that when we pass from this earth, we will spend eternity in either Heaven or Hell. We are human beings, because we are placed on this Earth in 'the flesh', i.e. a human body. You see, God created us to have fellowship with HIM, and therefore our soul is eternal. I hope this does the trick for you.
2006-07-27 01:36:23 · answer #4 · answered by Lover of GOD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe we are spiritual beings housed in a flesh body because I believe the body dies and decays while the spirit returns to God. I think God then determines the ultimate outcome of the spirit.
2006-07-27 01:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by Debra G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are still human beings to reach spritual beings we have to still grow and learn more and more
2006-07-27 04:43:14 · answer #6 · answered by sweetnutscake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human beings are walking, talking stardust. (The true meaning of evolution.) We come from old stars that blew up billions of years ago and are now looking back at ourselves.
We are reality become awake!
-- and part of this great cosmic dance.
I think that's pretty spiritual.
2006-07-27 01:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by yadayada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are we rational or irrational?
If you answer as rational, you are human being
If you answer as irrational, you belong to spritual being.
Understand?
2006-07-27 01:34:01 · answer #8 · answered by Vector_The Positivism 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are human beings with a spirit to serve God with
2006-07-27 01:31:05 · answer #9 · answered by papaofgirlmegan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans. Check your DNA.
2006-07-27 01:31:50 · answer #10 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋