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Originally Posted by OBW
And adding on to what aron posted, if you think I am dismissing anything about a "human spirit," then you didn't really try to read me well. I did say that when we look at the verses referenced by those trying to establish something about that spirit that is well-defined enough to claim to be a third part of man, then there is a question as to how well we are able to make such a definition or declaration.
To me, that means that there is such a thing because the written scripture does reference it, but not in sufficient detail to define it in the manner required to answer your question. So rather than trying to establish yet one more extrapolated doctrine, let's read the relevant verses to see what it was that the writers were speaking about. Something more than knowledge in our heads. A God who can see enough to know the very unstated reason that we do what we do. And so on. I don't think that the verses that seem to reference "spirit" as a thing (as opposed to a feeling or intent, etc.) require that we understand precisely what a "spirit" is to appreciate what the writer is saying. They surely weren't trying to provide more hidden clues to a doctrine of the human spirit. So why do we need one?
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I've read this three times and I'm still not sure what you are saying exactly . . . can you state this another way in no more than a couple sentences perhaps (yes, I went to public schools)?