I too am very conflicted about Paul, but I keep finding myself drawn to the stuff he's written, like my subconscious is determined to solve the puzzle. I think that slowly I'm piecing things together.
Do you believe that the flesh is separate from the spirit, or that spirit is encased in flesh and wants to get out, or that flesh is somehow corrupt and worse than spirit, or any of these things?
No. I used to, though. I consider myself a "reformed Platonist." Now I think of spirit as something akin to the vital force, an energy or current that flows through all living things.
I do not believe in the "soul."
I believe that the brain creates a conscious state that depends somewhat on the illusion of dissociation, making it sometimes seem that there is a distinction between body and mind.
I do not believe in "spiritual defilement" or "spiritual purity."
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Date: 2004-05-26 11:26 am (UTC)I too am very conflicted about Paul, but I keep finding myself drawn to the stuff he's written, like my subconscious is determined to solve the puzzle. I think that slowly I'm piecing things together.
Do you believe that the flesh is separate from the spirit, or that spirit is encased in flesh and wants to get out, or that flesh is somehow corrupt and worse than spirit, or any of these things?
No. I used to, though. I consider myself a "reformed Platonist." Now I think of spirit as something akin to the vital force, an energy or current that flows through all living things.
I do not believe in the "soul."
I believe that the brain creates a conscious state that depends somewhat on the illusion of dissociation, making it sometimes seem that there is a distinction between body and mind.
I do not believe in "spiritual defilement" or "spiritual purity."
I am in every sense a spiritual monist.