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   he below confusion of hebrew/greek word meaning and range of use reflects   
   the jw vatican not haveing any scholrs of those languages.  This leaves   
   vast wiggle room to pour jw vatican theories of scripture in to scripture   
   bits.  Behold, see that in action below:   
      
   >Why not?   
   >   
   >--Churches' soul immortal.   
   >--Bible soul mortal:   
   >   
   >-- King James   
   >Ezekiel 18:4  Behold, all souls [nephesh] are mine; as the soul   
   >[nephesh] of the father, so also the soul [nephesh] of the son is   
   >mine: the soul [nephesh] that sinneth, it shall die.   
   >   
   >--Churches' soul only for humans.   
   >--Bible soul can also be non-humans:   
   >   
   >-- Darby's Bible   
   >--Genesis 1:20  And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of   
   >living souls, [nephesh] and let fowl fly above the earth in the   
   >expanse of the heavens.   
   >   
   >--Churches' soul survives death and goes to Heaven or Hell(fire)   
   >--Bible soul has multiple meanings, One of which means a whole   
   >physical person:   
   >-- American Standard   
   >Genesis 2:7  And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and   
   >breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living   
   >soul.   
   >   
   >Notice these:   
   >   
   >"The soul in the O[ld] T[estament] means not a part of man, but the   
   >whole man-man as a living being."   
   >(The New Catholic Encyclopedia)   
   >   
   >"The Christian doctrine of the soul has been strongly influenced by   
   >the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle."   
   >(Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia)   
   >   
   >"the individual was believed to be a unit, not a composite of body,   
   >mind, and soul."   
   >(Compton's Encyclopedia)   
   >   
   >  A "soul" can eat meat (De 12:20), a soul has blood (Jer 2:34), a   
   >"soul" can physically touch things (Le 5:2), etc.   
   >   
   >In the NT, the "soul" (phykhe) can also mean LIFE FORCE. That is why   
   >when some one dies and their "soul" leaves the body, it is the life   
   >force that leaves the body. And it contains NO personality. Because   
   >when a person dies, all his thoughts cease. Ec 9:11,   
   >   
   >- American Standard   
   >Ecclesiastes 9:5  "For the living know that they shall die: but the   
   >dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the   
   >memory of them is forgotten."   
   >   
   >Jesus and Paul referred to dead people as sleeping, as John 11:11-14   
   >fsays.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)