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Re: Was Adam the first human?

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:12 pm
by Murray
first humans with a god given soul maybe?

I tend to believe the others in the homo genus did not have souls

Re: Was Adam the first human?

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:59 pm
by RickD
Murray wrote:first humans with a god given soul maybe?

I tend to believe the others in the homo genus did not have souls
I see what you're saying, but I think you're confusing soul and spirit. According to the bible, certain creatures(nephesh) are endowed with souls. Souls give something a mind, will, and emotions. The spirit, however, is only given to humans. The spirit is what allows us to have the capacity to communicate with God.

If you were to say, "Adam and Eve were the first humans to have a spirit ", then one could possibly make an argument, even a biblical argument for that.

Re: Was Adam the first human?

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:24 pm
by Murray
always get the 2 confused