To understand physical death, we must understand life. Some believe humans are only physical matter with no soul. Others believe that we have a physical body and a single soul. Once the physical body dies, the spirit continues. Yet, others believe in dualism or two souls within a body, and so on. Many believe man has a single body and a soul. “According to the traditional beliefs of many native peoples in North America, individuals have at least two souls; however, traditional Pueblos believe in a unitary soul, and among the Yuchi and Sioux tribes there is a belief in four souls” . Those that believe in three souls believe one of them would be an immortal spirit that leaves the body at death and enters the spiritual world. Another one is the breath of spirit of life where the soul ceases to exist at death. The last would be the soul that abides in a person’s name (the name-soul), which continues after death when reincarnated through the naming of babies after relatives who recently died . Scripture indicates one soul. “The LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature” (Gen 2:7). Note that he became living only after God breathed the spirit or soul into him. “The body is the house in which resides the spirit of a person. Without the presence of this spirit, there is no life” . This is important. Therefore, as God created man, then why does He allow us to
To understand physical death, we must understand life. Some believe humans are only physical matter with no soul. Others believe that we have a physical body and a single soul. Once the physical body dies, the spirit continues. Yet, others believe in dualism or two souls within a body, and so on. Many believe man has a single body and a soul. “According to the traditional beliefs of many native peoples in North America, individuals have at least two souls; however, traditional Pueblos believe in a unitary soul, and among the Yuchi and Sioux tribes there is a belief in four souls” . Those that believe in three souls believe one of them would be an immortal spirit that leaves the body at death and enters the spiritual world. Another one is the breath of spirit of life where the soul ceases to exist at death. The last would be the soul that abides in a person’s name (the name-soul), which continues after death when reincarnated through the naming of babies after relatives who recently died . Scripture indicates one soul. “The LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature” (Gen 2:7). Note that he became living only after God breathed the spirit or soul into him. “The body is the house in which resides the spirit of a person. Without the presence of this spirit, there is no life” . This is important. Therefore, as God created man, then why does He allow us to