Where was our soul before being born?

[egretps]

I forgot, or maybe didn’t remember, that when my children were young would ask a thousand questions before lunchtime.

One that would come up would be “where was I before I was born?” Oh, yes I’d tell them about their existence in my womb and even read to them “Angel in the Waters”.

Well, every so often they’d ask what happened before they were in my tummy. I’d sometimes say they were in their father’s eye. The old “Twinkle in your father’s eye.” But that was only a joke. My kids are geniuses and figured that it was a joke.

I decided the easiest explanation was, “You only existed in the mind and imagination of God before then.”

Then they wanted to know why the sky was blue or why ice cream isn’t for breakfast.

 

[Bookcat]

I could be wrong, but check out the above link carefully and see if our souls were created by God or were an actual part of God. There are some fine lines here.

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Created * by God.

Not an actual part of God.

Indeed a very important difference.

 

[GEddie]

I forgot, or maybe didn’t remember, that when my children were young would ask a thousand questions before lunchtime.

One that would come up would be “where was I before I was born?” Oh, yes I’d tell them about their existence in my womb and even read to them “Angel in the Waters”.

Well, every so often they’d ask what happened before they were in my tummy. I’d sometimes say they were in their father’s eye. The old “Twinkle in your father’s eye.” But that was only a joke. My kids are geniuses and figured that it was a joke.

I decided the easiest explanation was, “You only existed in the mind and imagination of God before then.”

Then they wanted to know why the sky was blue or why ice cream isn’t for breakfast.

At least they aren’t asking why beer isn’t for breakfast !!!

ICXC NIKA

 

[CHRISTINE77]

When a body is no longer alive it is dead. Usually, brain death is the medical criteria, which is good enough for me.

No.

I wouldn’t want to be buried alive. There must be a way we measure when a person is actually dead. No pulse, no heartbeat?

 

[GEddie]

I wouldn’t want to be buried alive. There must be a way we measure when a person is actually dead. No pulse, no heartbeat?

Pulse and heartbeat can stop, or be imperceptible through the skin, and then resume or be restarted. So can the breathing, which was once the standard of human life.

The skin can become cold and life can still resume. Brain waves are the best test for life that we know.

Since embalming became the norm around 1900, burial alive has ceased to be an issue.

ICXC NIKA

 

[CHRISTINE77]

Pulse and heartbeat can stop, or be imperceptible through the skin, and then resume or be restarted. So can the breathing, which was once the standard of human life.

The skin can become cold and life can still resume. Brain waves are the best test for life that we know.

Since embalming became the norm around 1900, burial alive has ceased to be an issue.

ICXC NIKA

Actually a lot of people are opting for “natural” burials these days. And in other parts of the world embalming is not standard.

 

[GEddie]

Actually a lot of people are opting for “natural” burials these days. And in other parts of the world embalming is not standard.

Well, ok. In those areas, die at your own risk

No natural anything for me. In fact, I’d opt for mummification, if this were still done, and if my brain could stay in my head

I also like the idea of cryogenics.

ICXC NIKA