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Is the human soul Mortal or Immortal?
After attending a Catholic Funeral today, the sermon synopsis was that the person who passed was no longer with us and her Immortal soul had left. This begs the question is the human soul truly immortal, after a quick search I've found evidence to both in the bible.
Mortal
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. -John 3:16
eternal life is only given to those who believe, the non-believers souls parish?
For every living soul belongs to me, the father as well as the son—both alike belong to me. The soul who sins is the one who will die. -Ezekiel 18:4
More literal says the soul dies...
Immortal
40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." -Matthew 25:41-46
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt -Daniel 12:2
Both these verses seem to say the soul is immortal and the soul will not parish but suffer eternal punishment.
For myself I would hope for the sake of sinners the soul is mortal, eternal punishment for the sins of a 70 year life seems a bit much, perhaps the better question is the sinners soul mortal or immortal since the bible seems to have no question to the immortality of the believers soul.
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