"The soul is eternal because….
…matter cannot be destroyed."
I must have a piece of this thread !

Hey Sophia,
SATAN assured Eve.......
Genesis 3:4
........Ye shall not surely die:
But God [the Creator of all things] told those whom He was in covenant with.......
Ezekiel 18:4
Behold,
all souls are mine;
as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
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Proverbs 19:16
He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;
but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Psalms 118:8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalms 118:9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Matthew 19:17
[
Jesus said].....
if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Job 34:21
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right;
that he should enter into judgment with God.
Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD trieth the righteous:
but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
There is no certainty....about our true circumstances....here, upon this little planet.
We look up, and in the day, we see a bright star above us in the sky.
And on a cloudless night, we look up and we see a vast expanse of 'stars' before our eyes.
AND.....one more thing.....we are self aware.
But we know very little else......for certain.