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Originally Posted by Bezukhov
To say that the Human Race is here because of Chance is a tough one for thinking people to agree with. On the other hand it could be argued that each of us individually is a product of chance. Had that twinkle in Daddy's eye happened a day earlier or a day later each of us would have been dealt a different genetic shuffle
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I'm not what "theory" of souls your using. There's something called Theory of Mind, essentially tracing the perception of self and other, according to age and development. Different "orders" are expected to manifest at certain ages – such as knowing how another person perceives a third person's expectations. That's about as far as it gets, unless a judge is contemplating whether the accused has snuck in a miniature crossbow and intends to drill the prosecutor like a rotten melon. Of course, the prosecutor could glean what the judge was thinking (and the judge would be aware of that) so a cunning defendant at about 5th order ToM needs to create a diversion for the crossbow gambit to work. Vomiting perhaps, sudden convulsions, that sort of thing.
It's an entirely secular proposition and presupposes development in stages from the neural tube to the penultimate geriatric condition, unlike God, whose model of when souls/minds (it's the same word) exist with respect to time is quite different.
Hebrews 7:9-10
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
NAME | RELATION | aka |
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Levi |
Jacob | father | Israel |
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Isaac | grandfather |
Abraham. | great-grandfather. | .Abram. |
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The genetic shuffle you refer to suggests Levi did not exist at the time of Abraham's meeting. Could you clarify that, please?
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https://biblehub.com/timeline/genesis/1.htm
https://biblehub.com/kjv/genesis/14.htm 2084 BC Levi pays a tithe
https://biblehub.com/kjv/genesis/29.htm 1921/1920 BC Levi born