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To: wagglebee
NOWHERE in Scripture does it say a person must breathe to have a soul (including the verse you quoted).

You have the prerogative of making any scripture mean what you want it to mean...

Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The passage says Adam became a living soul when the breath of life was breathed into him...

I guess you can claim it means what ever you want it to mean...But that won't change what it clearly says...

36 posted on 08/04/2009 6:01:55 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Iscool
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

The passage says Adam became a living soul when the breath of life was breathed into him...

And "the breath of life" is what?

Fresh air? Oxygen and nitrogen?

Pray a little over this passage. What "life" does God "breathe" into us? What does it mean to be a "living soul"?

Hint: it means a little more than the inhalation of oxygen and the expulsion of carbon dioxide.

41 posted on 08/05/2009 6:28:24 AM PDT by marshmallow ("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
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To: Iscool; Campion; Coleus; narses; Salvation; trisham; lucias_clay; A.A. Cunningham; Grizzled Bear; ..
The passage says Adam became a living soul when the breath of life was breathed into him...

And what EXACTLY does the "breath of life" have to do with breathing? Is it oxygen? When does God breathe the breath of life into our nostrils? When a person dies and goes to Heaven they are NO LONGER BREATHING, does the breath of life not exist in Paradise? Please be specific.

Perhaps for extra credit you could compare the "breath of life" to our Lord's discourse on the Bread of Life in John Chapter 6. I for one would love to see you spin those verses, especially after the stand you've taken on the breath of life.

Try to remember that when God breathed into Adam's nostrils, he gave MAN the breath of life. At that moment Adam WAS mankind, God gave ALL MANKIND the breath of life. Adam was formed from dust, Eve was formed from Adam (you will notice that God DID NOT breathe on Eve's face), the REST of us have been CONCEIVED.

45 posted on 08/05/2009 9:06:54 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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