Good question, don't you think?

Question

It basically says the soul doesn't exist even biblically
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtREuw.LM3MfiPhiFIRmAF3sy6IX?qid=20060917105727AAP9Cca

Answer 1

Man IS a soul, the soul is not separate

Check the Scriptures -
GENESIS 2:7
ECCLESIASTES 9:5 & 10
EZEKIEL 18:4

(By the way - how do you know what exists biblically or not if you don't have a look)

Answer 2

Ne´phesh evidently comes from a root meaning "breathe" and in a literal sense ne´phesh could be rendered as "a breather." Koehler and Baumgartner's Lexicon in Veteris Testamenti Libros (Leiden, 1958, p. 627) defines it as: "the breathing substance, making man a[nd] animal living beings

As for the Greek word psy·khe´, Greek-English lexicons give such definitions as "life," and "the conscious self or personality as centre of emotions, desires, and affections," "a living being," and they show that even in non-Biblical Greek works the term was used "of animals." Of course, such sources, treating as they do primarily of classical Greek writings, include all the meanings that the pagan Greek philosophers gave to the word, including that of "departed spirit," "the immaterial and immortal soul," "the spirit of the universe," and "the immaterial principle of movement and life." Evidently because some of the pagan philosophers taught that the soul emerged from the body at death, the term psy·khe´ was also applied to the "butterfly or moth," which creatures go through a metamorphosis, changing from caterpillar to winged creature.-Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon, revised by H. Jones, 1968, pp. 2026, 2027; Donnegan's New Greek and English Lexicon, 1836, p. 1404.

Answer 3

Christians have a totally whacky idea of what the 'soul' is supposed to be. For the Jews of that time... including Jesus... the 'soul' was an enveloping emanation from the godhead that resulted from the community's relationship with god. The soul as a component of a human being (Christian view) is an artifact of Greek thinking on 'dualism'... which was incorporated into Christian dogma and lore by Gentile theologians, who were ignorant of Jewish (and Jesus') concept of 'soul'.

So... apart from the fact that all of this stuff is mythological nonsense, anyway... everyone's worries about what happens to their personal 'soul' are of no consequence... it does not exist.

Answer 4

Do you personally have an opinion on it? If you think it's great, give it a thumbs up.

Answer 5

there is only one soul with the whole of existence superimposed upon it,this soul is called Brahman

Answer 6

i dont care about ur stupid link im not even gonna click it. any caring person knows we have souls. the church reconizes that and so do most people. stop trying to convince urself something more cant be possible. ur just too closed minded to accept it.

Answer 7

Very good.

Answer 8

too long and boring to read.