Re: Eternal inescapable hell?

On Jun 24, 1:34 pm, Douglas McAdam <douglasmca...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear Mike3-
Many years ago, when I ran into what "appeared" to me to be  
contradictions in the Writings one of my old teachers said that the  
reason was due to not being deep enough in my immersion into His  
Word.  That teacher was right for as time went on I found all that  
appeared as contradictions were not for they were due to my  
misunderstanding due to the degree of my deepening at the time.

You may not have noticed, but I did mention that perhaps I didn't
understand
it properly, or know what was meant, etc.

I see no such contradiction in the quotes you mention because to me  
the soul is a state, the body is a state and while we may do things to
 
strengthen each we do not change the essence of each.  A chair is a  
chair regardless if we put on more support or less, make it stronger  
or weaker.  A soul is the result of the Creator's creation and it is
 
in seed form to begin with and on this plane we have the free will to  
either help or hinder (strengthen or weaken) its progress.
A human being is created when the sperm meets the egg, when the soul  
connects to the physical world and even though it may not look human  
at first it is still a human state.


But then what's up with that other bit?:

"...but the *state* and the personality of
the rational soul may be strengthened in this world..." (emph. mine)

.

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