Poll: Do you think we are born with an immortal soul?

[SonofSonofGod]

I don't think so but I take my inspiration from the Bible which states that Jesus was the only one born with an immortal soul.

What does your particular religion teach? Soul Immortal or no?

 

[Breathe]

I believe the soul is immortal, eternal.

 

[Jainarayan]

Yes, it has no beginning and no end.

 

[FranklinMichaelV.3]

Well...I guess the question is...when was that Soul given?

Where does it rest? Is it only given when conception occurs or is already there?

 

[captainbryce]

I don't think so but I take my inspiration from the Bible which states that Jesus was the only one born with an immortal soul.

What does your particular religion teach? Soul Immortal or no?

No. The bible clearly teaches that the soul is not immortal. Your soul dies when you die. It is then resurrected upon judgement day, and after final judgement you have either attained eternal life (which essentially constitutes an immortal soul), or a second death. But an immortal soul is definitely something we are not born with.

 

[Jainarayan]

The bible clearly teaches that the soul is not immortal.

Where?

 

[Gjallarhorn]

By the average definition of soul, it is not immortal.

 

[Me Myself]

I want an "I am almost sure" option

I did click yes though.

 

[kalyan]

The soul or Atma according to vedic terminology is eternal! The body which is made of sapta dhatus merges into the five elements of the nature after death. The energy that is soul takes another form based on the karma stock in simpler terms!

 

[Quintessence]

I feel everything changes, without exception, meaning the conventional idea of immortality is impossible. The Weave as a whole is immortal, but the parts within are always transforming and changing; blending and shifting into one another.

 

[yoda89]

I believe there is no such thing as a Soul. Nor is there an afterlife. However, that does not make life any less incredible. Life is like a candle burning in the wind.

 

[danieldemol]

I don't think so but I take my inspiration from the Bible which states that Jesus was the only one born with an immortal soul.

It states no such thing.

What does your particular religion teach? Soul Immortal or no?

The Baha'i faith teaches the soul is immortal.

 

[Valjean]

More like a single, universal Oversoul exists and snippets are occasionally pinched off.
Like a carafe of salad dressing, the minute oil droplets will eventually coalesce and unite into a single layer of pure oil.

 

[captainbryce]

Where?

Genesis 2:7 (King James Version)
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 2:17 (King James Version)
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die....

Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.

Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them,

Revelation 20:14
Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death.

 

[captainbryce]

I believe there is no such thing as a Soul. Nor is there an afterlife. However, that does not make life any less incredible. Life is like a candle burning in the wind.

Unless you happen to be one of the starving children in Africa, or the toddler who was recently shot to death in his stroller in Brunswick GA. Life didn't turn out to be so "incredible" for these poor souls!

 

[captainbryce]

It states no such thing.

No, but it does heavily imply it. The whole "with God in the beginning", and "second coming" and "sitting at God's right hand" stuff. That essentially spells out eternal soul, wouldn't you say? :sarcastic

 

[yoda89]

Unless you happen to be one of the starving children in Africa, or the toddler who was recently shot to death in his stroller in Brunswick GA. Life didn't turn out to be so "incredible" for these poor souls!

We are an imperfect species. Many have yet to overcome instinctual biological behaviors. Sad really we have the capability to feed the world if we worked together. But for various reasons we cannot. We are all still just a bunch of animals.

 

[1137]

Um, where's the "maybe" option?

 

[Shiranui117]

The soul is immortal through the grace of God, but not in and of its own nature. So yes, we are born with an "immortal" soul.

 

[sojourner]

I believe there is no such thing as a Soul. Nor is there an afterlife. However, that does not make life any less incredible. Life is like a candle burning in the wind.

So was Norma Jean...
and Princess Di...