If not, why can't God do it?
2006-12-19 23:30:08 · 24 answers · asked by Atlas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NEVER
God's will
2006-12-19 23:38:07 · answer #1 · answered by Saif 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God cannot go beyond the boundaries of its existence. As such, god cannot make 2+2=5. God, or you and I, can change the representation of the numerical value of 4 into 5, but that only changes the name, not the nature.
And to destroy something is, more precisely, not to make it non-existent but to change the shape of its presentation. If I burn a piece of paper, I haven't 'destroyed' the piece of paper, because the molecules and atoms that made it up haven't been destroyed, they have simply been released from their confinement.
It's like pouring a glass of water into the ocean. If you could 'dye' the water before you poured it in, you would see the 'dyed' water mixing in with the other water until the concentration of the dye would be in the molecules per square mile. Consequently, if you could magnetically charge those molecules before releasing them, you could return the water to the glass by placing the attractor beneath the glass, placing it at the side of the ocean, and switching it on. The water (and water vapor, because it's possible some of the water would break down even more into vapor) you poured out would be drawn to the spot and gather into the original spot, combining to re-form the glass of water.
To exist means to always exist in some form, which means that it's possible to return to and in the form from which it came.
2006-12-19 23:41:43 · answer #2 · answered by Khnopff71 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ask yourself, can a soul be created, and whatever the answer to that is, it's the same answer about a soul destroyed.
2006-12-19 23:35:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes but only God can destroy the soul.
Mat 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
2006-12-19 23:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by Gre2000 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What happens when a person dies?
The spirits of both the righteous and the wicked return to God. Their bodies return to dust.
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Ecclesiastes 12:7.
Answer: The body turns to dust again, and the spirit goes back to God, who gave it. The spirit of every person who dies--whether righteous or wicked--returns to God at death.
3. What is the "spirit" that returns to God at death?
There is nothing mysterious about the spirit that returns to God at death. It is the breath of life.
"The body without the spirit ["breath," see margin] is dead." James 2:26. "The spirit of God ["the breath which God gave him," see margin] is in my nostrils." Job 27:3.
Answer: The spirit that returns to God at death is the breath of life. Nowhere in all of God's book does the "spirit" have any life, wisdom, or feeling after a person dies. It is the "breath of life" and nothing more.
4. What is a "soul"?
These four people are four souls.
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7.
Answer: A soul is a living being. A soul is always a combination of two things: body plus breath. A soul cannot exist unless body and breath are combined. God's Word teaches that we are souls.
5. Do souls die?
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Ezekiel 18:20. "Every living soul died in the sea." Revelation 16:3.
Answer: According to God's Word, souls do die! We are souls, and souls die. Man is mortal (Job 4:17). Only God is immortal (1 Timothy 6:15, 16). The concept of an undying, immortal soul goes against the Bible, which teaches that souls are subject to death.
6. Do good people go to heaven when they die?
"All that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth." John 5:28, 29. "David ... is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." "For David is not ascended into the heavens." Acts 2:29, 34. "If I wait, the grave is mine house." Job 17:13.
Answer: No, people do not go either to heaven or hell at death. They go to their graves to await the resurrection day.
2006-12-19 23:57:50 · answer #5 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
2006-12-19 23:36:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What makes you so sure there is a soul? And just what is it?
2006-12-19 23:34:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your soul can be in hell and tortured for all enternity, if you don't repent, ask for forgiveness, and ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart, but you have to make that choice yourself.
2006-12-19 23:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "Soul" to me IS the afterlife.
No Soul, no after life, no afterlife, no ghost, no ghost, no god.
The fact that a spirit is a ghost and god is a spirit
2006-12-19 23:32:23 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can't destroy it because when you die your soul waits 5 mins dan goes to a new body and there is no god or white light because i die once or twices in this life
2006-12-19 23:37:21 · answer #10 · answered by fionn hannon 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋