tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6693998561021262354..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Belief in eternal life is the single most important first step up out of the mire of modern secular nihilismBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-46891580037293431132014-10-13T12:14:42.443+01:002014-10-13T12:14:42.443+01:00I wonder if pre-mortal existence was declared a he...I wonder if pre-mortal existence was declared a heresy by the Catholic and/or Orthodox churches?<br /><br />It would seem to make it easier to believe in theistic evolution. The idea that a soul decides to become incarnate and then is given an animal body to inhabit.Bruce Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-22518500441505214562014-10-10T13:08:32.053+01:002014-10-10T13:08:32.053+01:00@josh - By lineage.
There is something (the soul...@josh - By lineage. <br /><br />There is something (the soul) which continues through from pre-mortal to mortal. <br /><br />By analogy, your genes (in the sense of a particular pattern of information - not necessarily any specific molecules) have carried through from when you were a zygote, through being an embryo, foetus, neonate, child etc.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-85967446339883251392014-10-10T13:01:01.944+01:002014-10-10T13:01:01.944+01:00In what sense is a pre-mortal me the same me?In what sense is a pre-mortal me the same me?joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-58931295842659677392014-10-10T06:28:26.771+01:002014-10-10T06:28:26.771+01:00@Kristor
This is discussed from 3.45 in this talk...@Kristor<br /><br />This is discussed from 3.45 in this talk<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36WudJ2ra24Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-52108011142091802732014-10-10T05:20:05.347+01:002014-10-10T05:20:05.347+01:00@Kristor - It is discussed in Souls Have Wings by ...@Kristor - It is discussed in Souls Have Wings by Terryl Givens. Of course Augustine didn't teach pre-mortal existence as a big thing, but various comments he made seem to suggest he assumed it - and at that time the idea was not ruled-out as it later became (at least in the mainstream, although it pops-up here and there all over the place). Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-16563638820889805822014-10-10T03:27:28.265+01:002014-10-10T03:27:28.265+01:00Do you recall offhand where Augustine talks about ...Do you recall offhand where Augustine talks about pre-mortal life?Kristorhttp://orthosphere.org/noreply@blogger.com