vulcanlogician
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Below are links that better covers the subject of the soul and spirit of an individual that I hope would be helpful.
The first link you provided was Gotquestions.org. They are not trying to be objective about the issue. In fact, no justification, other than scriptural justification, is provided for how we may differentiate the mind/soul/spirit in that first link you provided.
I'm not saying that the people at gotquestion.org are necessarily wrong. They might very well be correct. @FaithNotBelief and I are two dudes trying to figure out what consciousness is. We are not looking for a satisfying answer to the question. We are looking for an (objectively) correct answer to the question, if we can manage to muster one up.
Paul wants to proclaim the answer, and set his followers' minds at ease because (according to what he thinks) the answer is revealed.
I'm not saying Paul is right or wrong. He may very well be right. But he hasn't proven it to me yet.
Christians like to say that they believe that one person (Jesus) was completely right in both his speech and ideas. But they actually think that Paul and a few other figures were immune to error. At least when they sat down to write. If Peter wrote an epistle, every Christian believes that every word in that epistle is the unblemished truth.
But the synoptic Gospels tell a different story.
When Jesus confides to Peter that he is going to be crucified, Peter is like "No way, man. We'll get you out of that and make sure it doesn't happen." To Peter, Jesus' continued ministry was of the utmost importance. But Jesus disagreed, and had some rather harsh words for Peter when he heard Peter's recommendation. "Get behind me Satan," was his exact response.
Fairly harsh words, considering that all Peter wants to do is save his dear friend from a tortuous execution. What's so "Satanic" about wanting to save a righteous man's life? But it turns out, Jesus apparently sees something VERY Satanic in continuing the ministry without making the proper sacrifices.
Gotquestions is about as anti-Christian as you can get. Even the most avid atheists and Satanists on this forum could scarcely refuse Jesus Christ as wholeheartedly as do the folks at gotquestions.org. These people want power and influence. But Jesus' ministry was about sacrifice and love. If you find their interpretations useful, by all means, learn all you can from them.
But it's fair game to question the motivations of gotquestions.org. I'm not saying we should dismiss everything they say out of hand. I'm sure they have some things right. But they aren't any kind of authority concerning reality, and neither is the Bible.
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