The Body / Soul problem?

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The Body / Soul problem?

• Objective To explore different views on the soul
  what is it? Do we have one?
• Outcome To be able to explain a Christian view
  on the soul / body.

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Bart

• What the clip what point does Lisa make about
  the soul?
• It is within us or a separate substance?
• What does the quote Then God breathed the breath
  of life (Genesis) tell us about the soul?

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Ingredients of a human

• Make a recipe for all the things included in a
  human, sports people may have the most
  ingredients?

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Eastern view on the mind/body

• The body is equated to the chariot The occupant
  of the chariot is the Atman Buddhi, the
  intellect, is the charioteer Manas, the mind, is
  the reins Sense organs are the horses that power
  the chariot Sense objects are the road on which
  the chariot travels. A similar analogy is also
  found in Bhagavad Gita . This analogy may be
  interpreted to mean that the body, the chariot,
  itself is inert and derives its energy from the
  sense organs, the horses. While every component
  in this analogy is important for the journey, it
  is the buddhi, the charioteer controlling the
  sense organs, the horses through the manas, the
  reins that control the journey. The chariot, the
  body, is simply dragged on.

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Western View on the mind/body

• Gilbert Ryle and the Ghost in the machine.

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Task

• Give a brief explanation of the two different
  views on what the soul / body is. Use the key
  words Monism and dualism.
• Use the work sheet to explain the three topics,
  include Descarte and plato.
• What is the Soul?
• Beliefs about the Spirit.
• Alternative explanations for the soul.

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Christian beliefs.

• St Paul would have described the resurrected body
  as soma pneumatikon, a spiritual body.
  Inhabiting a spiritual world as the physical body
  inhabits our present material world.
• In the Apostle's Creed it says I believe
  in...the resurrection of the body... However, St
  Paul said that 'on earth it is a physical body
  but in heaven it will be a spiritual body...'(1
  Corinthians 1543)
• Task Copy down these key terms and quotes,
  annotate and explain what they tell us about
  Christian beliefs about the body and soul?