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Don't feel you have to hurry to answer. No hurry unless someone decides to report this? I never thought soul and spirit being exclusively christian. I like the fact that you don't believe you were born a sinner. It's hard to overcome. Thanks ob. I hope some are finding this useful if they are finding it at all. I couldn't open a forum on it.No. 'Soul' is a religious concept. No God = No Soul.
As I said earlier 'spirit' is not something I understand.
If you imagine death as returning to the state you were in before you were born, it may be easier to understand the way I see things. Non-existence is not a scary concept.
Like any kid I was taught whatever my parents viewed as basic right or wrong (I was never hit or spanked). It just wasn't justified by Christianity. This was quite normal. At the time many Australians were indifferent to Christianity. Today most Australians are indifferent to Christianity as a moral arbiter or more generally.
It wasn't until my early teens that I started to think about why some things were defined as right and others not. This is when I discovered that Christianity often defined things as wrong (or right) with no justification apart from Biblical rules. I also discovered that morality is largely subjective. It changes with time, place and culture.
I think I've caught up with all your questions so far. Remember the time difference. Your last two posts arrived after midnight last night (my time) when I was sleeping.
OB
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