Can a person cognitively(mentally) wish eternal life but their soul reject it?

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That’s more of a philosophical question than a theological one. But, no, I don’t think a person can cognitively will for salvation while his soul rejects it. It’s quite the other way around: the soul would be drawn to its created purpose (eternal life with its Creator), and the person must cognitively choose whether to work toward that end.
 
No, because our soul is what enables us to make rational decisions. It’s not possible for us to choose something without our soul’s (name removed by moderator)ut.
 
‘No’ came to my mind immediately because that longing we feel for all to be perfect and joyful, we don’t feel on an intellectual level but on a much deeper level, and that would be the soul.
 
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No, because our soul is what enables us to make rational decisions. It’s not possible for us to choose something without our soul’s (name removed by moderator)ut.
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The rational, or human mind, is a process of the human soul.

So the mind and soul cannot work against each other, any more than the legs and body can work against each other.

ICXC NIKA.
 
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Thank you.
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Mt 7:21-23
I think this quote helps,

21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
23 Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
 
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