To: xzins; lockeliberty; CCWoody; Frumanchu; drstevej; RnMomof7; Jean Chauvin; Alamo-Girl; Vernon; ...
~"Are you a dichotomist or a trichotomist?"~
I think too much time spent on these distinctions is foolish. Man is body, mind, soul, spirit -- which can generally be termed "body and soul." But what good end does this constant dissection serve?
And ultimately, it can lead to heresy, as in the following interesting article "Trichotomy: Beachhead for Gnostic Influences" --
http://www.modernreformation.org/mr95/julaug/mr9504trichotomy.html Perhaps a better place to spend our time would be this link, "The Knowledge of God and of Ourselves Mutually Connected" by John Calvin.
http://www.smartlink.net/%7Edouglas/calvin/bK1ch01.html And then there's Scripture, ever faithful.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time; also He has put eternity into men's minds, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end." -- Ecclesiastes 3:11
248 posted on
02/24/2004 7:12:07 PM PST by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray.)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
***I think too much time spent on these distinctions is foolish. Man is body, mind, soul, spirit -- which can generally be termed "body and soul." But what good end does this constant dissection serve?***
Exactly my sentiments, Dr. E.
249 posted on
02/24/2004 7:18:49 PM PST by
drstevej
(Beware Girls who smell like cinnamon!)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
But what good end does this constant dissection serve? Exactly. Material and immaterial, soma and psyche, body and soul. Those are the only two certain distinctions.
250 posted on
02/25/2004 5:25:50 AM PST by
Dataman
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