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Um, no, just questions as usual. Are the spirit and the soul different things?

Well, I'm going to be pesky and disagree with you on some points again. 1. I don't know what this sentence means 'The soul itself is love'. What is the soul and how is it identical to love? 2. So the soul only contains nice stuff. Why? How do you know? 3. Having nice things in your soul...

That's disturbing news. Can they do something about it?

Well, I'm a modern kind of guy!

I agree ... kind of. But I tend to reserve the word 'data' for the physical, for the repeatable and empirical. Metaphysical claims tend to be more experiential and subjective. That doesn't mean they are worth less but I think are harder to assign truth values or probabilities to. They are more...

I just thought as long as we were getting our metaphysics from movies ...

I sense a disturbance in the Force, Luke.

Hmm, possibly. What the heck IS metaphysical data anyway?

What scientific data? Radarmark just explained how the scientific data in no way supports your view. Remember there was a time when we confidently thought the Earth was the centre of the solar system. Surprisingly, some loonies still do despite all the evidence against it. We need to face the...

I disagree with the certainty with which you state various ideas. Let's take an example. You say the Earth is the centre of the universe. Modern physics and astronomy tells us (based on good evidence) that the universe has no centre. Now it is possible (but I think very unlikely) that you may be...

I remain unconvinced that soul exists. You have a lot of other beliefs about the universe that I also disagree with. That's ok. If they help you I'm happy for you.

Agreeing with your views is not necessarily spiritual growth.

Sarcasm is my weapon of choice.

lol. I really love it when people imply if I just get more spiritually developed I will agree with them.

Welcome, I do hope you enjoy yourself. Christianity has an honourable tradition of 'dark nights of the soul'. Been through a few myself, but I always find they are creative and nourishing in the longer term.

I am still unsure how this relates to the metaphor of the Bridegroom and the Bride.

That's your opinion and I'm sure it's helpful to you.

Where does he mean 'human'? Could you expand this idea a little more.

Emotions can be traced to chemical reactions. We can induce emotions in people. If we die, all our chemical and hormonal actions cease. Is the a mind without a brain? We have no empirical evidence there is. It's one of those things I suspect might be true. In the same way can there be emotions...

Nope? Nothing? Perhaps I should start a new thread along those lines.