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From: barry@ames.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
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Subject: Where do souls come from?
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Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 17:28:53 EST
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	I may be breaking a tradition by posting something to net.religion
that is unlikely to offend anyone, but I have a question for everyone.
	Many religions (though not all) have beliefs about what happens
to our souls after death, but I've heard far less about where the various
religions think souls come from. I would be curious to hear from peoples
of all faiths, a description of what their religion believes about this.
To start things off, I will summarize the five answers to this question
I am familiar with. I would ask anyone responding to please indicate
whether their response states a personal belief or the official position
of some religious body (or both). If official, please state what religion
or sect's beliefs you are describing.

	1) Souls are created at (about) the time the body is created,
	   and have no prior existance.
	2) Souls are eternal in both directions.
	3) Souls are part of an all-encompassing oversoul before incarnation.
	4) There is no such thing as a soul.
	5) No official position.

-  I am only an egg  -                          Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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