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To: FrozenZ who wrote (163)	8/6/2005 9:19:34 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26251

<It's not just semantics and amounts to a huge difference.> Again, I disagree... my point was in those traditions there is 'something' that goes on after death. If you want to cross out 'soul' and put in 'spirit' or 'etheric body' it makes sense to me. <Here's an example of one reason why. Let's say that Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism believe in the idea of a soul. That generally means that somewhere in the deepest realms of God, souls are being created. This suggests to them that these newly created souls are then born and in some religions reborn and eventually return to union with God.> I don't know... 1.) why is that such a 'huge difference'? 2.) I just went through Catechism and didn't learn anything about your assertions: "that generally means..........." Nor that 'souls' are separate from god to begin with!! That coincides with your point about single being. The Catholic Church teaches the holy spirit {god} is in all of us {of course even the term "in us" is an artifact of language being linear IMO... it really means we're all part of god}. Furthermore, I think the assertion that a Catholic person can "create more souls" {play god} would raise howels by any Catholic priest these days. :)) One could say the same thing in Buddhism BTW... more people on the planet is more Karmic opportunity for growth. <is is just one example, there are others involving the implications of no such thing as a created individual soul.> Although it's not germain to the original point, it would be interesting to see the different definitions of whatever it is that 'goes on' in the big traditions?? I mean, what's the difference between the Buddhist version and Christian version then?? Does a personality go on in Christianity?? What IS the real difference in the teachings? DAK