Poll: The Origin of Our Souls.

[forrestkc]

This topic sort of came up in another thread. I don't know if this question has been asked before on here or not, but I thought it would be interesting to see what members views on this were.

[Zceiv]

This topic sort of came up in another thread. I don't know if this question has been asked before on here or not, but I thought it would be interesting to see what members views on this were.

I never Got your opinion on this verse on the other thread Forrest

Jeremiah 1:5

KJV: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

[forrestkc]

This topic sort of came up in another thread. I don't know if this question has been asked before on here or not, but I thought it would be interesting to see what members views on this were.

I never Got your opinion on this verse on the other thread Forrest

Jeremiah 1:5

KJV: Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Footnote on that verse out of the New American Bible (American Catholic Bible):

Verse: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.

Footnote: Jeremiah was destined to the office of prophet before his birth; cf Isaiah 49:1, 5; Luke 1:15; Gal 1:15, 16. I knew you: I loved you and chose you. I dedicated you: I set you apart to be a prophet. Some Fathers and later theologians understand this to mean that Jeremiah was freed from original sin before his birth. The context does not justify this conclusion. The nations: the pagan neighbors of Judah, besides the great world powers-Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt-intimately associated with Judah's destiny.

[Emily~Anne]

The point is in order for God to know Jeremiah before he was formed in the womb, means he had a soul before he was formed. His soul came first before he was formed. The instant sperm and egg meet and come to life, there is already a soul that God knows. Sperm and egg become a living being as soon as they meet.

[Ovedya]

I believe that in creation God set all of the cycles of life into motion. The soul was "built in" to all of the living, breathing creatures of creation at the time that God created them. Animals and humans both have souls, although those souls are fixed for their type (Each after their own kind). What is unique to man is his human spirit, which was breathed into man after he was formed from the dust of the earth (Gen. 2:7; Zech. 12:1).

Since, in creation God set all the cycles into motion, both the human soul and the human spirit must form within man at some point during the development process, as a natural occurance of that process.

[Eliyahuw]

I believe that in creation God set all of the cycles of life into motion. The soul was "built in" to all of the living, breathing creatures of creation at the time that God created them. Animals and humans both have souls, although those souls are fixed for their type (Each after their own kind). What is unique to man is his human spirit, which was breathed into man after he was formed from the dust of the earth (Gen. 2:7; Zech. 12:1).

Since, in creation God set all the cycles into motion, both the human soul and the human spirit must form within man at some point during the development process, as a natural occurance of that process.

I totally agree with this! Further adding to this the spirit once merged with the soul carries that soul with it to heaven. IF no spirit merges with that soul, that soul goes to hell.

[heartofstone]

I think I went to Pre-Existence and Creationism... I don't know if it's unhealthy but I find it easy to believe that perhaps souls can come to earth and inhabit bodies several times over, reincarnation, I guess, that God could do that. I really don't know if that's unBiblical...and I just like to think that before the moment of conception, as Emily Anne was saying, the soul already exists somehow. But I also believe that God creates it, not that it came from the parents or something like that.

[Eliyahuw]

Gen 46:26

[Emily~Anne]

I think I went to Pre-Existence and Creationism... I don't know if it's unhealthy but I find it easy to believe that perhaps souls can come to earth and inhabit bodies several times over, reincarnation, I guess, that God could do that. I really don't know if that's unBiblical...and I just like to think that before the moment of conception, as Emily Anne was saying, the soul already exists somehow. But I also believe that God creates it, not that it came from the parents or something like that.

OK, I see my name and reincarnation being used in almost the same sentence. let me clarify, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION. You may now return to your regularly scheduled thread.

[Amhis]

I chose other because I honestly don't know. It hasn't been revealed to me as of yet. Nor can I find where it has been actually revealed in the bible. As for God knowing me before I was born, I attribute it to God knowing all future events and souls/spirits before they came into being, including me and my life. My being a soul before I was actually born makes little sense to me. Not that I discount it out of hand. We do know that God knows all future events as if they have already happened, which might help to explain Him choosing a prophet before he was born, or knowing you before you were born. I love the following verse and I think it may be relevant in this case.

"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day"

(2Peter 3:8)

I feel that this whole thing is more of a mystery that is thus far unrevealed to flesh and blood, and yet to be revealed to us by God. Since I do not think we CAN know about the exact workings of the soul, and how or when it became into being, I don't feel it is right for me to actually hold to any real belief in this area that could possibly be erroneous.