God is the giver of life does not mean that we are begotten by Him.
Therefore the nature of what is created is different from God's. Man is
closer to God in nature than animals--can reason, love, imagine, etc. I ask
you, what is the difference then between man and beast, both living beings?
Are you saying that man is only matter? Is matter all that there is then? I
am not sure I follow you.
Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: George Murphy <"gmurphy@raex.com"@raex.com>
To: Moorad Alexanian <alexanian@uncwil.edu>
Cc: George Andrews <gandrews@as.wm.edu>; mrlab@ix.netcom.com
<mrlab@ix.netcom.com>; asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: ID (fwd)
>Moorad Alexanian wrote:
>>
>> Dear George,
>>
>> Spirit is that which is immaterial and a part of man. Man is body, mind
and
>> spirit. An animal is body and mind.
>
> This is _not_ the biblical picture. In Ps.104:27-30 "all" (v.27) of the
animals
>creatures described earlier - lions, badgers &c as well as humans - are
seen as
>enspirited by God. The Nicene Greek says that the Holy Spirit is "The
Lord, the giver
>of life" - life _simpliciter_, not "human life" or "religious life" or
anything like
>that.
>
>> Man cannot be explained as a material
>> being only. The whole realm of the moral is outside the physical, yet it
>> exists.
>
> This sort of view often has behind it a misunderstanding of the Pauline
>"spirit-flesh" distinction. That is not an "immaterial-material"
difference but one
>between being in accord with God & being separated from God.
>
> Shalom,
> George
>George L. Murphy
>gmurphy@raex.com
>http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
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