God created man in his own image. Man occupies a unique place in creation. God in his own nature unites the spiritual and material worlds and established his friendship. Of all visible creatures only man is able to know and love his creator. He is called to share, by knowledge and love, in...
Information technology may offer a useful metaphor in examining the question of life after death. If your mind and body is a "computer," perhaps your soul could be a "website" that is stored in a "cloud" outside your physical being.
Conceivably, some people have souls in the "cloud" but in...
The Catholic Church has this terminology called sacrificial souls. But I think they didn't invent it, and this was observed a lot before their time too, including in the Jewish religion, for at least 6000 years.
So, what are sacrificial souls? The easiest example is people who were born to...