2007-03-11 11:09:22 · 19 answers · asked by DBA GODZY 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's a silly question because only squirrels have souls. Humans do not.
They're about an ounce and a half. They look like pine nuts. You can customize them by salting and roasting them.
EDIT: I just realized that stem cells have souls, and as such, they are obviously extremely small and light weight. Hmmm. How to reconcile this with pine nut theology... This is going to involve a lot of reinterpretation of the above paragraph as "metaphor."
2007-03-11 11:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by WWTSD? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Use of the terms "soul" and "spirit" in the Bible is very complex. Often in the New Testament, they are used synonymously to refer to the immaterial part of man; at other times, they are used with fine distinctions. In those cases, the term "soul" seems to refer to man's more basic psychological functions as he interacts with the world, while "spirit" seems to focus on man's relationship with God. In the Old Testament, "soul" is sometimes used to refer to man in his totality.
Theologians struggle with the question of whether man is made up of two parts, namely body and soul/spirit, or three parts, namely body, soul and spirit. The latter position has been popularized through the teaching of many Christian psychologists and teachers, since it furnishes such a handy way to distinguish between man's material nature, his psychological structure, and his spiritual relationship to God.
Illustrations from the Bible would be as follows: In Genesis 2:7 the Hebrew word for soul is used in reference to man in his totality as created by God. A situation in the new Testament where soul and spirit appear to be used synonymously is Luke 1:46-47. An instance where soul and spirit (used as adjectives) seem to be in contrast, soul referring to man's lower psychological functions and spirit to man's higher spiritual function, is 1 Corinthians 2:14-3:4.
2007-03-11 20:30:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My heart is sad and lonely;
for you I sigh, for you, dear, only.
Why haven't you seen it?
I'm all for you, Body and Soul.
The old jazz song holds pretty much to Webster's definition of soul, Soul being the immaterial moral, emotional or spiritual essence, the person! The part we can no longer account for after death.
The dozens of ideas in philosophy, psychology, religion, education and common usage, about how we are wired, are highly confusing and conflicting.
Hear is my and current best shot on the human schematic.-----------
To see your soul and weigh it requires a mirror and a set of bathroom scales. Customizing the soul is big business from diet to fashion to plastic surgery to pumping iron to education, etc.
2007-03-11 19:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read that when we cross over we can look anyway we want to look. I don't remember seeing weight but I read that a million souls could fit in an elevator.
I am not saying that any of that is true because we just don't know for sure.
2007-03-11 18:15:13 · answer #4 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our souls look like a spirit...a spirit is transparent. They don't weigh anything...but the customize part...sorry, but you got me on that one. Jesus didn't say we could customize them except to believe His word. So, if that counts??..then yes.
2007-03-11 18:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by chole_24 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans are not a body possessing a soul, nor a soul possessing a body. Rather they are body and soul, physical and spiritual.
I like skeptic123's answer. (btw Skeptic123, are you the original Skeptic back from Mexico?)
2007-03-11 18:27:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what they look like..or how much they weigh but people weighed after they die have been recorded as being less that when they were alive.
Yes you can customize your soul...the way to do it ask Jesus to come into your heart and He makes the necessary changes.
2007-03-11 18:18:35 · answer #7 · answered by Jan P 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Customize them?
Man is a spirit, he lives in a body... he has a soul which consists of
The Mind
The Will
The Emotions
How much do they weigh? hum..Not much from the sound of it.
2007-03-11 18:18:04 · answer #8 · answered by Eartha Q 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Souls look exactly like your feelings and weigh as much as your thoughts and are pointed in the direction of your will.
And yes ! They can be improved !
2007-03-11 18:13:31 · answer #9 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We "customize" our souls by the way we shape our character in our daily lives...
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2007-03-11 19:01:01 · answer #10 · answered by Ms. Balls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋