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It is the heart and soul of everything. The soul of man, I mean. Whether we are all just a composite of atoms wandering about in an existence that touches, and only touches those things made of atoms, and the death of the body is the annihilation of our being, or, as Christianity holds, human beings are composed of a material body made up of atoms and an immaterial soul that gives our mortal bodies their essence and personhood, questions of the soul’s existence define what it means to be human. In short, either human beings have a soul, or they don’t. It is really that simple because if human beings have no soul, then Christianity is not true, and atheism reigns supreme. However, compelling evidence for the existence of the soul, and a great deal of it, comes to us through the assessment of objective and observable phenomena. Most notably, from the inexplicable origin of human consciousness, from the testimony of Near Death Experiences, and from general religious experiences that help guide us toward correctly answering the question, “Do human beings possess a soul that survives the death of the physical body?” In 907, a man
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The first book I read of former atheist C. S. Lewis’ was SURPRISED BY JOY. When his mother died, his father sent him to a boarding school because he thought he’d be raised more properly than what he could do.
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Read moreTaken as a whole, it seems that the totality of what Near Death Experiences (NDEs) reveal is twofold. First, the overwhelming uniformity found in the vast majority of reported NDEs strongly suggests that there exists a mystical realm occupied by supernatural beings that seems to be the final destiny for at least some of human- ity. Second, human beings consist of both a physical body that eventually dies and an immaterial soul that separates from the body and lives on after bodily death, coming to dwell in a mystical higher dimension (be it heaven or hell). In fact, NDEs can be considered first-order evidence of the existence of the human soul—that aspect of what makes you, you—the consciousness of the human mind. Scientists, philoso- phers, psychologists, and theologians alike have long debated both the nature of consciousness and its origin. Despite significant advances in understand- ing cognitive function and neural mapping, the concept of consciousness remains a great mystery in the sci- entific community. On the other hand, orthodox Christian doctrine has consistently held that the human soul, or, what we are calling consciousness, is a product of mankind being made in the image and likeness of God (Gen :29) who is Himself spirit (John 4:24). In that way the soul of man possesses the ability to commune with the God in whose
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