You Are Not the Body, So who are you? |
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You Are Not the Body, So who are you? |
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"I am a collection of water, calcium and organic molecules called Carl Sagan. You are a collection of almost identical molecules with a different collective label." -- Carl Sagan, Scientist
There are many people who believe that they, real selves, are in fact their body. However, there have been other people that have suggested that you are actually not your body, but an eternal soul. An analogy supporting this would be that we are to our bodies as people are to cars. A person drives a car, has to take care of the car, can decorate the car, but is in fact not the car itself. Sound too supernatural to be for real? Discuss. |
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Ok, how about this. If we are not the bodies, but the eternal souls, how can we possibly go to a the heaven or the hell often described in Christianity? Or even how 70 virgins in Heaven makes any sense, as described in some Islamic?
To start of with, the Bible states: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. Heaven and Hell in Christianity are often described as if they were material dimensions. (ex: "The fiery depths of Hell.") And I often hear from Christians that "Heaven is a paradise where you can receive whatever you desire," or something along those lines. Though, how can it be logical that the spirit would go to any of these material dimensions? So what if one would eternally burn in the fiery depths of Hell? There would be no medium to burn. So what if I could get anything I want in Heaven, including 70 so virgins? I would have no body to enjoy these sensual pleasures. Or maybe those descriptions of Heaven and Hell are only metaphoric? |
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