Definition and Effect of Having A Soul

For me, the word soul refers to that part of me which is immortal, which will continue after I die, which may well have existed for some time even before I was born. The use (if you can even call it a use) is that it is immortal, does continue after death. Personally, I believe that everyone has one but that none of us are aware of our soul, can test our soul, make any use of it. It is not a tool, not a sense, not physical, not testable except in one instance. If we die and we do find we continue to exist, then the soul existed.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

We may well disagree on this one since I would call that which you so aptly describe as a conscience, but yes, I do believe that a conscience should be used, worn, scarred and dented, should show signs of having been repaired numerous times and often, like a favorite pair of jeans, somewhat ragged at the edges.As you said, to many of IT whether called conscience or soul, are left in the wrapper like barbie dolls still in their box and kept in a dark closet to protect their gauze dresses from the light of life.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I can understand that.What I was trying to do was simply show where I would draw those lines, what my internal definitions would be. I would call what you described the conscience, while I would define the soul as that part of us that is eternal. Whether the conscience is eternal is a question I'm not sure about, and if so, then the two might well be synonymous.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion