At 09:13 PM 02/11/2004 -0500, ed babinski wrote:
One of the first things I learned at university was that there are three
Hebrew and three Greek words which are sometimes translated by the word
"soul". One of them is translated in Ge. 1 as "living being" when it was
an animal, but in Gen 2 as "soul" because it was Adam. We should be
careful with making statements like the one gives here. Study thoroughly
what some theologians have written about these words If you read Dutch
read the notes written by students of Vollenhoven have written about it.
See also my uncle's book (in Dutch) about a comparison of Egyptian
hieroglyphs and the first chapters (1 -11) of Genesis. He was a pastor who
died in a German concentration-camp. Also, think of people in the past
before there was a general knowledge of reading and writing for many, many
centuries.
About "soul", not every Christian believes the same about these chapters,
or of what some theologians since the early Middle Ages have written about
"soul". Study some more.
The central point of Christian faith, which we all believe: Jesus Christ
came to earth to take away from us the punishment we deserve for our sins.
Jan de Koning
P.S. Notice that what you wrote further is not attacking all
Christians. Also, I can talk easier with someone who is a Christian who
believes those "incorrect" beliefs, than with someone who denies the death
of Christ for his sins.
JdK
Received on Sat Nov 6 14:19:58 2004
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