Ticket to the Resurrection

But where does the Soul go when it dies? Does it dissapear for a while until the resurrection, or is it judged by God and sent to Heaven or Hell to be held for the final judgement?

2Cor 5:8 (KJV) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Reve 20:13 (KJV) And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

John 3:18 (KJS) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Grizz writes:But the claim is our own bodies will be resurrected - it doesn't say we will receive a new body. If we will receive new bodies that have nothing to do with our old one then our bodies really don't get resurrected. The conclusion can only be there is no resurrection after all - there are simply souls being placed into new bodies that get created.

Ana writes:The soul is that same essence which makes it impossible and wrong for you to rob a person of life, or not to recognize their status as human, and the dignity of that status.

Ana writes:If we truly felt it was our memory, self-awareness, and personality which makes us who we are, i.e., human...well, we would be back there in time when the mentally ill, the less intelligent, or the brain-dead were considered disposable.

Anastasia writes:you should at least know WHAT Christians are saying before you get mired into a pit where all you see is nonsense. It's simply because you don't get it

Anastasia writes:So, no Christian except someone who has not bothered to understand, will tell you that God, aka the Specific Christian God, aka Jesus, is appearing/revealing to Hindus and head-hunters, and being rejected. We ARE saying that we believe everyone has a conscience and a soul which yearns to do right, and that by consciously choosing evil, we are figuratively rejecting God. Even the one we never heard of, and the even one we don't believe in.

ICANT writes:Man is condemned because he has not believed in Jesus. Not for any other reason. It has nothing to do with being good or bad. It has nothing to do with helping others. It has only to do with what a person does with Jesus when they meet Him. You can accept His as Saviour or reject Him.

Just trying to understand all this.

Catholic Catechism writes:The soul is the center of the human will, intellect (or mind), and imagination (or memory), and the source of all free human acts, although good acts are aided by God's grace.

You seem to be saying that soul is something other than then self-aware mind, the memory, the ego, the personality. Is that correct?

Ana writes:I believe that self-awareness, ego, conscience, etc. are the soul's 'evidences' within our body

Catholic Catechism writes:The soul is the center of the human will, intellect (or mind), and imagination (or memory), and the source of all free human acts, although good acts are aided by God's grace.

Theologians don't get too uptight about which body. The main question was what kind of body. Physical or spiritual? Or none.

It is funny sometimes how folks think they can get us to question doctrine, when doctrine was the result of questions.

I can give you the doctrine. I can't fill it in with anything other than my imagination, and I try not to post purely imaginary sequences.

Grizz writes:It is very important to identify which type of body. Resurrection implies the bodies we now own will be regenerated. Resurrection does not equate to the realization of something new that did not exist prior. Bringing forth something that never existed prior is an act of creation, not resurrection.

Grizz writes:The point of this post is nothing more than to get people to think critically about their beliefs.

That is given the above definition of soul what about someone that never develops a human will, intellect (or mind), and imagination (or memory)? Or what if the personality changes as the result of injury.

Rob writes:...He actually demonstrated His willingness to take the whole world's sin upon Himself and pay the piper for us.

Since He is the piper, that concept is utterly nonsensical.

- When we receive our ticket to the resurrection will we be exhumed with the body we expired with or the one that existed during our most prime and fit period?- Do beer bellies, saggy breasts, and love handles still exist after the resurrection?- If you were deaf for your whole life will you be able to hear and if so will you understand language?- Do the blind get to bring their guide dogs along?- Will the colorblind suddenly see in color?- Do people get to keep their tattoos?- Do women get to keep the breast implants they died with? If not what size breasts will they be given?- What will happen to the Health Channels 900 pound man? Will he still be 900 pounds when he is resurrected and will there be a dolly available to move him around? Or perhaps he will be shrunk to a much more manageable size? If so what body size will he be given?

So for those who hold the belief in resurrection how would you respond to this paradox? Why is the flesh derided as worldly and evil in this life but will be glorified and of prime importance in the afterlife?