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Thread #117438   Message #2567492
Posted By: Mrrzy
15-Feb-09 - 11:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Atheists: No 'so help me God'
Subject: RE: BS: Atheists: No 'so help me God'
OK, so, what is spirit? Is it the same thing as Self, or Core, in the sense of your inner feeling of who you really are? THen yes, since your feelings would be part of that there feeling, I agree with you. Will reread with that in mind, if that's what Spirit is.

Pedant alert: Spirit is literally Breath, as in, respire, etc. This is also where we get inspiration, with the metaphorical Breath of the inner Spirit, versus Perspiration, which is more the literal Breath going through the skin. I think the English phrase Holy Ghost is a slight mistranslation of the Hebrew / Greek Holy Breath / Spirit. So it had more to do with being alive, it was that which disappeared upon death, than to do with the emotions you were having while you were alive. Doesn't mean that's what it means now, though, just because that's what it meant then. Languages are alive and changing and living in New York City, right, as well as elsewhere?