tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post4457959196642381954..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: NepheshSuzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-23751636350304025072012-12-30T00:03:03.316-08:002012-12-30T00:03:03.316-08:00Suzanne - there is a comment of mine on BLT in spa...Suzanne - there is a comment of mine on BLT in spam - how you can fix itBob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-81156170770631993152011-07-20T08:25:51.190-07:002011-07-20T08:25:51.190-07:00Yes, we share a nephesh chayah likeness to the ani...Yes, we share a nephesh chayah likeness to the animals. This does not diminish the fact that we are also created in the image of God. Although, no one has ever perfectly nailed down what that means. But we do have a special relationship with God that the other created creatures do not share.<br /><br />In the meantime, there can be a very unique relationships between humans and animals. They can become dear devoted companions. I have had some wonderful dog friends. Some animals rival human abilities or willingness to forgive, to be faithful, or to emotionally attach and protect. <br /><br />I miss my dog also. I always wondered what things he saw in his spirit that he couldn't tell me. Being human I want to know everything. :)believer333https://www.blogger.com/profile/03480546499577897857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-35924918855553483452011-07-19T11:03:36.874-07:002011-07-19T11:03:36.874-07:00I'm so sorry about your dog, Suzanne. To quot...I'm so sorry about your dog, Suzanne. To quote George MacDonald:<br /><br />"Surely, amidst other and greater mercies, I will see my dog again."<br /><br />And the Scripture says, "If God did not spare His only Son, but freely gave Him for us all, how will He not together with Him, freely give us all things?"Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252374623355509404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-67373916567266250842011-07-15T14:04:04.169-07:002011-07-15T14:04:04.169-07:00My admittedly lay-level (with a little bit of Hebr...My admittedly lay-level (with a little bit of Hebrew ability) examination of the creation accounts led me to conclude that the difference between the creation of humans and (other) animals was that humans were made in the image and likeness of אלהים and the (other) animals were not.EricWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008786460314263379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-428999129641791452011-07-14T14:16:51.949-07:002011-07-14T14:16:51.949-07:00As if against Aristotle and his limiting Greek,
...As if against Aristotle and his limiting Greek, <br /><br />the first translators of Genesis render the first anthropos, the first adam, and the first beasts, and the first birds, each one and all, ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, a soul alive. In Mt 2:20, the angel values the child Jesus as one who has a living soul (ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχὴν). <br /><br />In Mt. 12:18, the writer translates/ quotes Isaiah speaking for God, speaking of "My Soul," God's own soul, (ἡ ψυχή μου psyche, נפש nephesh). It's a prophecy, God telling of his own soul, about to give his spirit, to this beloved one of his. What connections and connectednesses.J. K. Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600312868663460988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-8532473587480874022011-07-14T13:02:05.418-07:002011-07-14T13:02:05.418-07:00I'm so sorry for your loss. I have a cat, and ...I'm so sorry for your loss. I have a cat, and I know how important pets are.<br /><br />I'll never forget translating Gen. 2 and realizing that the same two words were used for both human beings and animals. It makes sense. What would the new earth be without animals?Shawna Atteberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12752697766813703698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-73293482639906876182011-07-14T12:57:48.394-07:002011-07-14T12:57:48.394-07:00I am much happier since I jettisoned the idea of h...I am much happier since I jettisoned the idea of having an immortal soul. I no longer believe in that Hellenistic claptrap. My reality is now comprised of body and soul as an integral unit, no bifurcation based on the writings of Plato and Aristotle.Muff Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746245783839640804noreply@blogger.com