Questions tagged [souls]

Questions regarding the spiritual part of a person that is believed to give life to the body and is considered to be immortal

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When are souls "received"?

(I'd prefer a Biblically-based answer, but if an early-church author or someone like C.S. Lewis needs to be referenced, that's fine.) Few Christians will dispute that we humans have souls, but the question is when we get it. Do we get it at…
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What Scriptural basis has been used in Christianity to support the idea that a fetus posseses the soul?

Possible Duplicate: Do Fetuses have souls? Is the aquisition of a soul instantenous or continuous? What Scriptural basis has been used in Christianity to support the idea that the soul is already in the fetus before the fetus starts breathing,…
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What does the Bible say about the soul?

I'm curious what the Bible states about the soul. In many different places, especially Deuteronomy, we're told to love or believe "with all our soul." Many people have opinions over what a soul is, what it means to have one, and other properties of…
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Questions about soul

Is soul an energy? Does it have an end? If it do not have and end, is there beginning? If it had no beginning, Why aren't we not aware of where we were before birth? Is conscience different from soul? Will the soul of a person having memory loss…