To: haqihana who wrote (80087 ) 5/26/2000 4:19:00 PM From: Neocon Read Replies (2) | Respond to
As I have pointed out, I am a theological "liberal". I think that people can do the best with what they were given, and that a sincere effort will be met with mercy. Therefore, I am not in the conversion business. I do find discussion of the issues interesting, and I do, of course, think that some ideas are better than others, just as we all do. I posted the stuff on the possible disposition of the soul because everyone immediately connected belief in the soul with concern with the afterlife, and so it seemed that was the next thing to examine. Actually, as I tried to make clear much earlier, I primarily believe in the soul because it supports the idea that I and other people exist as real persons, and that there is more to life than survival. This is what I experience introspectively, and I see no reason to regard it as illusory, although I cannot absolutely rule out the possibility that it is, which is why I refer to it as a belief.
