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Athought · 03-03-2006, 10:22 PM

Believing in God can be complicated and difficult to explain why. Tell me what you think about this brief thought.

We do not see our own beginning and yet dread our own end; but is it the end? When we think of our body, our life, there is an end for all to see. When we think of all the things we see, read, feel, smell, say, hear, or even think there always seem to be a beginning, and an end, until we begin to think of our conscious selves; let us call this our soul.

The soul and the believed immortality of its existence, along with the Creator of such a wondrous thing, can be an overwhelming thought. Millions without much thought of what a Soul is, believe they have a soul. Some feel that their soul unites them with the Creator giving them eternal life, and again is something that can be taken from them by the Creator thus bringing a true end to their existence.

Some feel that their soul is only a part of God, the creator to all things, including the soul itself, and therefore it’s just an extension of Gods’ essence; which is shared with Humans, and perhaps all living creatures, just to enable life.

There are some that have said that a soul is only an idea used by man to overcome their fear in the realization that their lives too will end.

Talking to others about what they feel their soul is can give one a broader perspective. The endless ideas of what a soul can be, and one’s relationship to it, can be as diverse as there are people and religions.

This thing that we cannot see, and what science declares there is no physical evidence of, is so elusive in our hands but so close in our hearts.

This is the one and only thing that is believed by so many to exist, with so little proof. The little proofs that we have of there being a soul or a God is only in our feelings, and we would wonder how do we call this “Proof”. There are not many things that move people to be so protective, angered, or frightened than questioning their faith.

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Athought Noogle Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Believing in God can be complicated and difficult to explain why. Tell me what you think about this brief thought. We do not see our own beginning and yet dread our own end; but is it the end? When we think of our body, our life, there is an end for all to see. When we think of all the things we see, read, feel, smell, say, hear, or even think there always seem to be a beginning, and an end, until we begin to think of our conscious selves; let us call this our soul. The soul and the believed immortality of its existence, along with the Creator of such a wondrous thing, can be an overwhelming thought. Millions without much thought of what a Soul is, believe they have a soul. Some feel that their soul unites them with the Creator giving them eternal life, and again is something that can be taken from them by the Creator thus bringing a true end to their existence. Some feel that their soul is only a part of God, the creator to all things, including the soul itself, and therefore it’s just an extension of Gods’ essence; which is shared with Humans, and perhaps all living creatures, just to enable life. There are some that have said that a soul is only an idea used by man to overcome their fear in the realization that their lives too will end. Talking to others about what they feel their soul is can give one a broader perspective. The endless ideas of what a soul can be, and one’s relationship to it, can be as diverse as there are people and religions. This thing that we cannot see, and what science declares there is no physical evidence of, is so elusive in our hands but so close in our hearts. This is the one and only thing that is believed by so many to exist, with so little proof. The little proofs that we have of there being a soul or a God is only in our feelings, and we would wonder how do we call this “Proof”. There are not many things that move people to be so protective, angered, or frightened than questioning their faith.