Re: [asa] Greetings from a new member

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Gregory Arago
  To: Christine Smith
  Cc: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [asa] Greetings from a new member
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  "Thus, I've acquired a new-found interest in the fields of pyschology, neurology, and computer science as I try to reconceptualize the idea of a "soul"."

  First, I would suggest not 'conceptualizing' the soul at all, but rather thinking in terms of percepts and 'perception.' Being ensouled, just like faith, is a way of seeing, hearing and feeling; it is not just abstract concepts, as many atheists try to do with the 'divine,' the old man [sic] with the beard. As you are a Protestant (Lutheran) Christian, this may be more difficult to imagine than if you were a Catholic or Orthodox Christian.

  There's no reason to think that a Lutheran would be more prone to "conceptualize" the soul more than an RC or EO. Of course you can find that in historical Lutheran Orthodoxy but it's much the same in that regard as, e.g., Aquinas: There's a reason why Lutheran Orthodoxy is sometimes referred to as part of "Protestant Scholasticism."

  Shalom
  George
  http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

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Received on Wed Apr 11 06:51:16 2007