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nothing we could physically speak of in this lifetime, hence us not finding a "scientific" proof of life after death. how can we measure something that is not of this world, and existence. the soul is outside of existence as we understand it. we cannot and will never be able to explain everything, but try we will.

The person's identity and consciousness.

Men need references, for a focus, therefore; the Soul is an "essence," but a  Spark of Divine Consciousness gifted or given unto men by God.  It is a spiritual piece, if you will or if we may be so bold, of Himself.  It is an aspect of His Divine Idea of Himself in Earthlife as the Good or God.  Although in men it must be realized, this is the whole purpose of the Existence and the need of its enlightening trials.   

The Holy Scriptures: "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." -Genesis 2:7.

The Bible helps us to understand what the soul is. This text does not say  that man (Adam) was given a soul but that he became a soul, a living Adam.

"And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam (Jesus) was made a quickening spirit." - 1Corinthians 15: 45.  So the NT agree with the AT as to what the soul is;  a living person or a living animal.

  To many persons and religions , however,"soul" means th immaterial or spirit part of a human being that survives   the death of the physical body. But  this is not a Bible teaching.

  A  Jewish Encyclopedia reads: "The belief that the soul continues its existence after the dissolution of the body is a matter of philosophial or theological speculation rather than of simple faith, and is accordingly nowhere expressly taught in Holy Scripture."

Ezekiel 18:4 says the the human soul can die.

This is what I know about soul from the Holy Scriptures, and what we Christians beliefe.

The soul...a cause of inspiration and energy, a divine part of God that dwells within all of us. The one thing that creates a connection between all of us. A part of God given to each human in order to allow us to feel the essence of a spiritual being having human experiences.You are the spirit of life set free.

Soul is made of dust.  "... , till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." - Genesis 3: 19.

Only the very best of leather,

versus "spirit," that part of the human which is not transcendent, so the answer would be, "stuff"

James Brown knew because he was the Godfather of it.

soul is spirit of God. At birth it enters the body and at death it leaves the body. It is eternal and never dies. so any physical being has two parts -one physical body and the other soul. The former dies while the later is eternal.

of god stuf  its a loan suppose to back to it  when we die

Leather turn your shoe upside down next to the heal is your "sole.( soul.)

GET OFF THE BIBLE THUMPING STUFF FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
NOT ONE SCERIC OF "TRUTH" IN THE ABOVE REMARKS AND YES I AM SHOUTING> SHUT UP FOR PITYS SAKE.

Soul is just who you are as a person. It is your most inner self. It is who you project yourself as on a daily basis.

Spiritual part  of a human or animal that is considered immortal

Loving choices brings all to an awareness of the presence of God in their life. That is soul, all of you that have chosen Love’s life path as your own.

the soul is located in the brain. there is a place that's walled off from all the physical parts and can not be found in autopsy.  in this enclosed space is the memory of every single thing that's ever happened to you.

your first breath ... your last breath ... and ALL that comes between. during consciousness of life you can access a lot of this, but not all. it's those secrets that we will find after that last breath. 

The truest answer is - no one knows.

ONLY ALLAH KNOWS.

non-matter

Leather, rubber, plastic, wood, composite.

The Bible tells us exactly in Genesis 2:7.  "God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul."

The same substances dirt is made of is found in our bodies.  So is the air we breathe.  We are given the ingredients but not the process.  That we are not able to understand yet, nor are we stable ebough mentally or morally to do so.

Soul is immortal; it is the gene that is carried on to generation after generation, and thus, its immortality is retained.