[UntoHim]

Hey StG! Don't look now, but you just gave me a little bit of the practical examples I was looking for! But before too many of your shirt buttons pop out, I must tell you that everything you described could be experienced and realized without knowing about, much less caring about, any difference between our soul and our human spirit. Life and peace can come and go, irregardless of any knowledge or appreciation of the difference. How do the sheep hear his voice? Good question! What I can tell you is I was hearing his voice long before I ever heard about the human spirit. And I was experiencing life and peace long before I ever heard about the human spirit.

Here's the bottom line for me...and you can take the last word after this because we've already reached the infamous point of agreeing to disagree (even though I would't agree with that!)... EVEN IF "The spirit is the deepest part within us, the very inmost part of our whole being", this fact would do nothing to bolster the strength of your case.
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