Proof there is, or is not a spirit?

[Ovedya]

Do animals have spirits?

I know this a little off the beaten path but I was just curious.

No. They do not.

[Ovedya]

Do animals have spirits?

I know this a little off the beaten path but I was just curious.

I wish they did, but no.

Humans are animals, so then we must not have spirits either.

No. We are not.

[Ovedya]

Just because something is unprovable does not mean it doesn't exist.

So then you believe that God exists?

I thought you needed proof.

[Ovedya]

Few questions,

where does intuition come from? ya know we get feelings if someone is watching us, or if somthing bad is going to happen, we get cirtain feelings off people, where does that come from?

Have you ever felt there was somthing more, somthing deeper than we understand, somthing more than random chance, or natural process that makes us who we are?

What defines us?

Intuition is a part of your human spirit.

[cjrose]

Do you think our consciousness is part of the spirit? Or all of the spirit? How can consciousness outlive its body, when we know the mind is clearly tied to the brain?

What a difficult subject! Very interesting to think about!

When trying to comprehend something as elusive as the Spirit, my mind turns to this thought.

Try to take yourself to the edge of the universe...What is there? A wall? If so, what is this wall made of. If not a wall, then maybe more space? But wouldn't that just be a continuation of the universe itself?

My point is this: Trying to comprehend something that big and that infinite is impossible for our finite minds. We certainly can't comprehend God, what makes us think we can understand the Spirit? One of the greatest pro arguments for Intelligent Design is our conscienceness. Men have tried very hard to divert away from a Creator with creative inventions such as this one:

I cannot recall the name of this philosopher, but he proposed that our conscienceness sprang from early man eating hallucinating plants(sorry can't spell that one...where's word when you need it? ) and slowly forming what we now call a "conscienceness". This is a very summarized explanation, but my point is simple: We just can't understand it.

I think that during these times of obsessive burdens of truth thrown on believers and nonbelievers alike, we forget about faith. You must take a leap of faith to believe in God. If it were obvious, then we would have no free will to deny him. He gives us free will by somewhat hiding himself, only giving enough clues (such as the bible) to believe with well founded beliefs that He truly exists. This could spring up an entirely different argument (which is not what I wish to do), so I'll leave it at this: Jesus never asked us to understand eternity, only to believe that it exists.

[Guest Timbo]

Hi josh-13,

The word "spirit" comes from the Hebrew word ru

[Joshua-777]

Thanks Timbo, that was a very interesting read, I learned alot from it. Thanks

[Guest Timbo]

Thanks Timbo, that was a very interesting read, I learned alot from it. Thanks

Hi josh-13,

You are welcome.

Timbo

[Guest lnj]

Hi josh-13,

The word "spirit" comes from the Hebrew word ru

[kjn]

Hi josh-13,

The word "spirit" comes from the Hebrew word ru