hopefulLandlord:
Soul? what exactly is that? I looked through a biology book but couldn't find a reference to souls. I looked through a mythology book however and found all kinds of information on souls. Are there any peer reviewed scholastic research papers published in any medical journals that I could learn more about this thing called souls? Where is this thing? how many does each person have? 1? 2? more? it varies?

What gene is it linked to in our DNA? What kind of cells is it made of or what exactly is it made of? can we see thing thing with an MRI machine or a powerful microscope? Who do you think would know more about this thing called souls: a witch doctor from the deepest jungles of Ogbomoso who has had no contact with civilization, or the entire science faculty from MIT?
Scientists study everything; why don't they study souls? Is it for the same reasons they don't study the powers of Deadpool or the magic of Harry Potter?

jesusjnr2020:
I believe the first. Many have attested to this and the instance of Lazarus and the rich man also supports this position.

Abraham was in a place provide by God temporally because Christ had not come to open the way to heaven for the righteous yet.

But now they are all in heaven, so no more need for that.

God bless.

Billyonaire666:


Do not be closed minded simply because you are Extra-Sensory Perceptionally handicapped.

The brain acquires consciousness as you mentioned, but it acquires it from a Source outside of our physical frame of reality.

That source is where Religions call Spiritual Realms or Alternative Dimensions. And since I have personally experienced a Reality outside of this one, and you have not experienced it, there is no point of arguing with you, it is like telling a blind man about a black elephant.

Like I said, your experience will come.

obonujoker:
This question goes to study what happens to the soul after the last breath of life on this physical Earth.

1. The first school of thought tells us that the soul goes to heaven or hell immediately depending on the choices made while on Earth citing Hebrews 9:27 "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"

2. Another school of thought tells us that the soul doesn't go to heaven or hell immediately, but all soul is resting either in Abraham's bosom or Hades pending the rapture of the saints. It is said that if souls were already in heaven or hell, why would they need to rise up to reign with Jesus, or why will the bad ones rise up to the great white throne Judgement?? This school of thought believes that no one is in the lake of fire or heaven yet.


3. This school of thought believes the dead is dead and gone forever... There's no heaven or lake of fire.



Which do you believe??

Is heaven for humans?? Or a description of what the new Earth will be after the removal of this present Earth?

Give scriptural references too if you have... Thanks

FatherOfJesus:
Souls do not exist.
You die and saprophytes recycle your atoms back into the universe.

Anyone telling you souls exist do that based on what they believe and what they want to be the truth. They cannot provide any evidence

samx4real:


If say souls do not exist, if I may ask...
What about spirits?

DeRichard:


This is what the Bible says:
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

After a man dies, he is judged according to how he lived, whether he lived in Christ or not and he's taken to either heaven or hell.

Also in the book of Luke:
Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

The rich man wasn't in Christ and he was taken to hell.

So in conclusion: after a man dies, he's taken to either heaven or hell.

kingxsamz:
The bible was written by people who didn't know how the world works...there's nothing like 'soul'. Nobody has died and come back to tell any tale.
We're just a speck of dust in this universe. There's no God up

bobestman:

Go to your Circus Centres aka churches, feed and suit yourself with whatever lies they tell you there. These knowledge is too big for you and if you can't humble yourself and seek further you will never know till the day it will come to the light. Many are waking up and they are finding the true way. The truth come to those who humble themselves and seek to know the truth. If you can do that, it will come to you thru dreams and visions and you will never doubt again.

Stateoforigin:
[s]Nobody knows what happens in the after life.
Not even the Bible knows what happens.

On one verse, it says after death is judgement
On another verse, it says the dead will remain underground until the judgement day.


The bottom line is nobody knows.

There are so many contractions in the book and the sons of men will never see it[/s]

samx4real:



That is true but not immediately.

This happened in my LGA, in Delta state.
The man died and his children took his body to the mortuary... This man, will leave his body to a nearby shop, buys drink and tell the owners that his son will pay.

On the day of his burial, when they came to carry his body, the shop owner came to ask the children to pay that their father has being buying drink in their name.

Also, my own Dad, died last year... We took him to the same mortuary, the mortuary attendance were telling us to come and take our father that he is disturbing them.

So all this dead and judgement matter, no too dey straight forward.

ThinkSmarter:
No heaven no hell.
All na figments of human imaginations.

ReacherSaidNoth:
Christianity and ridiculous concepts

Ebuka78:
It started from millions of sperms making their way up to the ovum in other to reach the egg after swimming their way up from the vagina. The one that first reaches the egg gets saved while the others are killed by chemicals.

Now a baby is born after 9 months and grow to be a man. What make you active are your nervous system. What remains is your inner self which is your soul.

In the bible, Jesús resurrected lazarus. If lazarus was in heaven, there would be no need for Jesús to bring him back to earth. (That shows that when one dies, that calls for a rest)

The truth is that no one knows actually what happens when someone kicks the bucket.

PervertProphet:



@hopefullandlord too.
@Sebastine1994

Illiterate. You will come online and sat rubbish and 52 mu.mus worst than you will immediately like your garbage.

Soul is basically the incorporeal essence of a living being. The Ancient Greek for this was Psyche. Hence, Psychology which is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour.

Human beings are not just robotic work of firing neurones and chemicals. There are a whole lots of mental abilities that make you breathe as a living thing like Reason, Character, feeling, Consciousness, memory, perception, thinking, loving, etcetera. Soul or Psyche is like the sum totality of all these consciousness(life spirit, breathe) both known or unknown. This is what rules your body. Hence, you will be stupid to expect Science that works within the jurisdiction of Physical law to understand what Soul or be even to find or measure it. Even the Human Mind alone is so complex that Science till date doesn't even fully understand it. It's like trying to get a non-programmer to try and code or program for you. How is that possible for you?

Despite this Science which is limited by Physical laws still tries to search for soul because they know that somehow or someway. It exists as humans are way too complex and not just chemical moving mechanical robots. What do you think the scientific fields of Cardiovascular and Neurology is trying to understand.


Only clowns such as religions formed from Adventism like the Jehovah Witnesses that arose as plagiarised copy of Seventh Day Adventists, Christadelphians deny the Soul but who cares what they say. These clowns like the Jehovah Witnesses go to lengthy lengths misinterpreting Bible verses to try and prove that it doesn't exist. We are know they once taught that Jehovah lives in Pleiades and they had Bible verses in the past that they used to teach this silly subject as directed by the Holy Spirit but oops! As always they have changed that. They also taught that heart transplant and the rest was Cannibalism and also had supposed Misinterpreted Bible verses to back this silly subject of theirs but alas today they have discarded all that. Crazy Bible deliquescents. They are always changing and that's because their founders were biblical illiterates and not properly educated in the theology of the Bible.


Now within the different religions out there. There is a wide understanding on Soul but to deny Soul is to deny your own very essence and what rules your body in its daily activities. How do you except Science constrained by Physical law to determine why you love for instance? Is there like a Physics law or formula that calculates that?

You betwitched illiterate. Science you no know. Religion you still no know. Just go about talking nothing but bokums.

Let me share you some science reports from credible science sites where you can learn of latest research news so you read up on how science is trying so hard to understand the complex human mind because they know it exists but can't put their physical hands to it.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140116085105.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140320100607.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080430075912.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120122201240.htm

PervertProphet:



You see a contradiction where no reasonable person who really thinks and understands that we humans are not just mutations and chemicals but personhood in the image of God and hence have placed our trust of eternity in the only Life giver, Jesus Christ. The mere fact that you in your rejection of the Word of God obviously steamed up by Evolution and all that. It still doesn't take away the fact that humans are always interested in knowing what will be of them after they die whether they call it scientific research through attempts by Cryonics, etcetera with the belief that it will work out and these frozen bodies will be back in maybe a thousand years, etcetera.

This Nairaland question in itself gives credence to the evidence of God whom like the Old book that is so true and never contradictory puts it best in Ecclesiastes 3:11 where it says that "God has put eternity in man's heart."

Denying this reality is just vanity. We all want to know what happens after. You said the Book is contradictory. I see none of that. The key thing is after Death is Judgement. Now, if we go into explaining Judgement. It will take up the whole day but basically what you should take away is all men will die. Your focus should not be on what happens after death that is if you gave judgement or not which is a must. Yours should be about getting an advocate that will ensure you turn up on the favourable side of judgement and that can only be found in Christ Jesus and no other.

Liken a murderer who is held up in a prison awaiting the final verdict of the judge to either free him or give him the death penalty depending on how good his lawyer argues. The fact remains that this murderer's Freedom is already taken away while still awaiting final verdict. That is some painful judgement in itself that will collapse the mental faculty of even the most dangerous man out there. It is same with life after death. You have all the time now here on Earth to accept Jesus Christ of not. Immediately, you die. How the process of judgement is carried out on you is meaningless because the arrest(that is the physical death) is already the start of that judgement itself.

Sebastine1994:


why you dey find my trouble now, why?

nairaland asked a question, and I answered, my candid opinion oh, why are you attacking me now, the sky can accommodate all birds, let's live in peace Biko.

must you quote ancient Greek, you have not given your opinion but science and Greek opinion.

I don't believe in the soul, come and beat me.

Stateoforigin:


I just want you to know that I didn't read this rubbish

magzey:
Thank God Islam has every answer to all Question. I can't help but laff at the assertion of so called school of thought.

modsfucker:


What about those of babies who do not live up to 40 days on earth? And those that died in the womb?

MaxInDHouse:
Sorry i don't believe in dreams because it's things of the past, what God's word promised me is everlasting life in Paradise not reincarnation.
I've asked you wise questions and found out that you're totally empty, if you're nursing the thought of reincarnation then you know nothing about the God of Israel or the Messiah!

Cos you don't believe it, then it's a lie right? Even the disciples didn't believe in and understand many things unless the Messiah help them understand. He even told them that many secrets things are not revealed to just anyone and only taught them(few). Only few are allowed to get the true message or way. When you are truly hungry for it, then it will come to you. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for they shall be filled. Many don't hunger and thirst so they can't be filled. If you don't seek, you can't find. So only the few who are ready will know the truth. That is what I meant by it will come to you. On Reincarnation, when the veil closing your eyes is removed, you will see well. If you don't understand sth, seek to know, if you still don't understand then discard it. Stop insulting people for what is not clear to you. I wish to expand more to you but you are full of yourself. Those who have gone on and off the deep don't teach ppl anything here cos they will not understand. Life is a journey. There is a stage you will get in your journey that you will understand all these. I am not the Just one but have learned things and all these things, He will teach all who remain in the light. Am still learning.

PervertProphet:




What's your house address so I can come.

Brother Sebastian. The undeniable fact remains that we all have consciousness that comes with a baggage of values and qualities that rule this body of ours (Psyche or Soul) and you should never expect Chemistry or Biology to give you that answer. It's like trying to get the answer of masonry from a fisherman.

bobestman:
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CALCULUS16:
There is God , it might not be what most people believe but HE/SHE/IT exits.

Sebastine1994:


if you misspell my name again I would punch you in the face

FatherOfJesus:
Souls do not exist.
You die and saprophytes recycle your atoms back into the universe.

Anyone telling you souls exist do that based on what they believe and what they want to be the truth. They cannot provide any evidence