My belief is that the soul is the detector of God in humans. It may be that
the soul is all there at conception and it is only the mind and the body
that catches up to it. Moorad
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From: Loren Haarsma <lhaarsma@calvin.edu>
To: _American Sci Affil <asa@calvin.edu>
Cc: Bjoern Moeller <dj_mic20@yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: TE-man
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>When we think about the human "soul," we consider a whole collection of
>human qualities. Here's a way of thinking about the issue which I have
>found useful:
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>Some "soul" qualities could have been created through evolutionary
>processes: verbal ability, tool-making ability, complex inter-personal
>interactions, perhaps even self-awareness and empathy. Some other mammals
>have these to a much lesser extent. With human babies, we see the gradual
>development of these abilities over time.
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>Other "soul" qualities require God's supernatural intervention: the
>establishment of a personal relationship between creature and Creator;
>moral accountability; life after death. God decided when, in human
>history, to begin such relationships and accountability.
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>Loren Haarsma
>Calvin College
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