Re: Mind's Eye New Google Groups is Dumb,but this not the subject

The Roman Catholic sacrament of Baptism deals with the pre-existence
of the soul as it is intended to cleanse the soul of Original Sin-
which means the Church Fathers must have accepted the notion of the
soul's pre-existence to begin with.

On Jul 4, 8:07 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not sure how aggressive it is , the  concept has been floating around
> for eons.. christianity does not want to deal with the concept of a soul
> and its origin..  the preexistence of  soul is an idea they hide from.
>
> the reality spirituality is a subject tip toe around and trying to use many
> words and say little..
>
> As I view it, (it has been a struggle for me to arrive at this view point.)
> this reality is only a way station in a spiritual existence. This is not
> the end stage. when we are born into this world our should give up their
> knowledge and are in effect are saying that we know how to live in a
> physical plain and raise ourselves to a higher spiritual level..  the
> highest being a level of complete harmony with the Entirety. (or God if you
> insist  but actually that is an incorrect concept.)
>
> I believe the Tibetan Buddhist monks simply abandon the body to nature so
> it can complete its cycle and return to earth.  It is the soul that is of
> importance,   I really do not see much difference than the  the soul being
> reborn as...
> Allan
> On Jul 4, 2012 10:38 AM, "Vam" <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > This is aggressive stuff, Allan !  Thank you.
>
> > The hardest thing in context is that we believe we are the body,
> > empirically. Hence, people find no one, no " I," no possibility of
> > anything even remotely akin or connected to our self, before the body
> > is born.
>
> > Soul to such people is an obscure thing, conceptually and
> > phenomenally. We therefore find the suggestion, of a soul before the
> > child is born, fantastic. Ridiculous, in other
> > words.
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> > On Jul 4, 11:06 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > What is so hard about seeing the possibility of the soul existing before
> > > the child is born?
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