Reasonable Faith Podcast Question of the Week #951: God and the Soul
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Aug 12, 2025 The discussion explores the intriguing relationship between the human soul and God. It highlights the soul's immaterial yet finite nature, emphasizing how it exists both in life and after death. The conversation clarifies that, post-mortem, the soul does not retain infinite properties. This examination raises profound questions about existence and the afterlife.
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God's Infinity Versus Human Finitude
- William Lane Craig distinguishes God as an immaterial infinite mind from human souls, which are immaterial but finite.
- He grounds God's infinity in attributes like omniscience and omnipotence that human souls lack.
God Transcends Space As Creator
- Craig argues God's spacelessness follows from being the creator of space whether space is substance or relational.
- Therefore God must transcend space as the uncreated source of space itself.
How Souls Relate To Space During Life
- Craig notes human souls seem spatial during embodiment but cannot be spatially extended parts across the body.
- He explains many hold souls are wholly present at the spatial region of the body or occupy a single point directing the body.