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To: Lee N. Field; All

‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,’

Jeremiah 1:5

5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Psalm 139:16 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
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16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

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An apology would be accepted, if there were one.


22 posted on 12/30/2007 7:10:21 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Quix
An apology would be accepted, if there were one.

I'd point you to my source but I'm sure you won't read him.

Broadly (Berkhof, Systematic Theology, p 196-201) there have been 3 views held over the centuries: preexistence, creationism (souls created by God as needed) and traducianism (souls generated as part of the human reproductive process). All have problems. "In the early church the preexistence of souls was practically limited to the Alexandrian school" (the same folks, if you believe KJV-only-ist tales, who brought us the Revised Standard Version).

The verses cited have to do with God's sovereignty in the course of our lives.

51 posted on 12/31/2007 5:40:12 AM PST by Lee N. Field ("Massive Saucer Fleets -- threat or menace?")
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