if a man gains the world yet loses his soul what as he gained in the end?
By hacker006
@hacker006 (126)
United States
April 10, 2009 2:52pm CST
Often this question is asked by priest, however i wonder about the great conquers of old who strove for unity & power, yet did they lose their soul. I'm soon going to annouce things in my real name that will i'm afraid be contreversal to churches, scientist, & laymen alike. So my question comes to if we have the whole world in our control yet some how over look the aspect to show emmotion 7 compassion what do we gain in the end?
4 responses
@LikeAdams0921 (130)
• United States
10 Apr 09
He has gained the world! Duh!
Just kidding. It depends on what your perspective of 'gain' is? What is important to you may not be important to the man. If a man loses his soul, then he has nothing in my opinion. There is nothing more precious than having a soul. It is sacred and a gift from God. Sometimes people trade their souls for earthly possessions. I don't mean by making a deal with the devil, but just giving in to temptation.
@hacker006 (126)
• United States
10 Apr 09
Here is a odd question for you, If souls are gifts from God, why does he seprate himself from us, when we are first brought into a world of sinners?
@LikeAdams0921 (130)
• United States
11 Apr 09
We are made in God's image. He is our heavenly father, and he dwells within us. We are born sinners because of Adam and Eve's fall from grace, but before then we were made perfect.
@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
10 Apr 09
This is truly an important question. Nothing can be gained if we are to lose our souls. It is our internal lives, our internal discussions, our internal "things" that matter. The rest is fleeting and quite meaningless if it costs our true selves.
@hacker006 (126)
• United States
10 Apr 09
But what if we are not sure of who we are as a person & speard ourselves thinely across every field of knowledge & clarifly no single path, how then does one present themselves to the world?
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@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
14 Apr 09
For one thing, the priests should know coz extreme spirituality is the only thing that can give you both the world and your soul. Secondly, a person or people who have the world at their feet would be able to answer better if they have indeed lost their soul. It may not necessarily mean to conquer the world you have to lose your soul…there are so many ways of neutralizing the effects of ambition. Charity is a good way to both assuage your soul and save some taxes. On the other hand, there are many who have not conquered the world yet lost their souls too, but their actions.
@hacker006 (126)
• United States
14 Apr 09
without ambition, lazyness occurs, assurence of ones soul is the simply the acceptence of God & his son that asures one a place in Heaven. Why good needs may be grand they are not free passes to heaven, besides what happens when you've reached the end of life & did not do all that was in your power to do?
@hacker006 (126)
• United States
12 Apr 09
So you think one can lead all nations without emotion, compasion, & understanding?
