What part of you actually goes to Heaven? (Sounds stupid but read)

[loudatheist101]

Ok, lets say you die. Your brain cells which control thought, feelings, emotions, and etc are still in the Brain. Everything that would make up a "soul" is in the brain. Because what makes the "soul" are brain cells. Now, we all know brain cells stay in the body along with the rest of it, so what exactly goes up to heaven? (Or down to hell)

 

[heron]

The essence of who you are.
The part of you that is more valuable than water and minerals in amazing combination.

 

[MethodMan]

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[loudatheist101]

Can this be moved to the debate forum then?

 

[Zeena]

Ok, lets say you die. Your brain cells which control thought, feelings, emotions, and etc are still in the Brain. Everything that would make up a "soul" is in the brain. Because what makes the "soul" are brain cells. Now, we all know brain cells stay in the body along with the rest of it, so what exactly goes up to heaven? (Or down to hell)

The whole person either goes to Heaven or hell..

For, although this body passes away here on earth, God has prepared NEW bodies for EVERYONE.. Bodies that have no sin in them

These new bodies will either be subject to our spirit's via our soul, either to Eternal Life, or eternal death

 

[notanordinarygirl]

The brain. The brain goes to Heaven.

I've got proof. Here's a picture I took the last time I went there:

Lol. Okay. So I'm kidding; sue me. Just subscribing to the thread... (and please ignore the "sue me" part). :o

 

[loudatheist101]

Oh, I'm going to sue you for that.

Anyway, what I am saying is, what actually goes to hell? People say the "soul" does, but "soul" is just another word for brain cells that control emotions and thought.

 

[notanordinarygirl]

The whole person either goes to Heaven or hell..

For, although this body passes away here on earth, God has prepared NEW bodies for EVERYONE.. Bodies that have no sin in them

These new bodies will either be subject to our spirit's via our soul, either to Eternal Life, or eternal death

...That just reminded me of something: I think I've asked that question before, and you just reminded me of the answer.

So don't mind me... I'm unsubscribing now. >_>

 

[Rafael]

The body is descibed in scripture as a tent or tabernacle. Jesus, when speaking about the new eternal body, referred to it as being a "mansion" that He went to prepare, and it is also known as a temple of permanence once it has been filled with a spirit.
The soul is the mind of man - the sentient being that is self aware and living, yet incomplete; not having the spirit that connects it to God who is a spirit. I know that sounds contradictory, but even though God is a spirit, He is also not limited in His ability to manifest Himself in other forms. He is All in all, as in the verse that says poetically that "we live and have our being" inside of God or the fact that Jesus is God manifested in the flesh. Each is seperate in person, but one as God.
Most of Christianity speaks of the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and there is a large concensus that also hold to man as being triune in nature at the begining when first created by God, but losing the spirit to death after disobeying God's warning of the death that came with sin.

 

[loudatheist101]

The body is descibed in scripture as a tent or tabernacle. Jesus, when speaking about the new eternal body, referred to it as being a "mansion" that He went to prepare, and it is also known as a temple of permanence once it has been filled with a spirit.
The soul is the mind of man - the sentient being that is self aware and living, yet incomplete; not having the spirit that connects it to God who is a spirit. I know that sounds contradictory, but even though God is a spirit, He is also not limited in His ability to manifest Himself in other forms. He is All in all, as in the verse that says poetically that "we live and have our being" inside of God or the fact that Jesus is God manifested in the flesh. Each is seperate in person, but one as God.
Most of Christianity speaks of the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and there is a large concensus that also hold to man as being triune in nature at the begining when first created by God, but losing the spirit to death after disobeying God's warning of the death that came with sin.

Sorry but, how does that answer the question?

 

[InnocentOdion]

To the OP, the first post was exactly what I believe: heron got it spot on.
I can't put it in any other way. There's no need.