John Hick argues that human beings are psychophysical persons
2. John Hick argues that human beings are psychophysical persons. He believes a person can be resurrected through a divine act of recreation. How does he defend this position? Do you agree with Hick? Why or why not? Please provide reasons to support your claim.
John Hick believes psychophysical re-creation and parapsychology is evidence for life after death. He says the soul cannot be destroyed, unlike the body. Hicks believe man is not an immortal soul attached to a predetermined body, but man is a mortal with a psychophysical life that has to rely on God. To explain what Hicks means, he uses John Smith, a man who disappears from the U.S. and is the same person in India at the same time. Since John Smith is exactly the same people would have to accept him as such. Hick then proceeds to say that if John Smith died and a new John Smith appeared, people would have to accept new John Smith as who he was. Finally, John Hick goes a little further and say that if John Smith were to die and his mental and emotional qualities were to appear in another time, at exactly the same time as the original John Smith, then John Smith’s psychopersona was recreated by God.
I agree with Hick in the sense that the soul is not attached to the body forever, and once the physical body dies, the soul lives on. I do find Hick’s point of John Smith dying and then appearing in another country is unlikely. Once the body dies, I believe that the soul lives on and the soul goes to either heaven or hell, not another place on the earth.
4. After reading all of the assigned articles for this module, in your own words, how would you define the self? How can the same person exist at different times? Please provide reasons to support your claim.
According to Bing Dictionary, self is a perceived personality or an aspect of somebody's personality, especially as perceived by others (bing.com). Self is all the characteristics and qualities that help shape a person. Their
John Hick believes psychophysical re-creation and parapsychology is evidence for life after death. He says the soul cannot be destroyed, unlike the body. Hicks believe man is not an immortal soul attached to a predetermined body, but man is a mortal with a psychophysical life that has to rely on God. To explain what Hicks means, he uses John Smith, a man who disappears from the U.S. and is the same person in India at the same time. Since John Smith is exactly the same people would have to accept him as such. Hick then proceeds to say that if John Smith died and a new John Smith appeared, people would have to accept new John Smith as who he was. Finally, John Hick goes a little further and say that if John Smith were to die and his mental and emotional qualities were to appear in another time, at exactly the same time as the original John Smith, then John Smith’s psychopersona was recreated by God.
I agree with Hick in the sense that the soul is not attached to the body forever, and once the physical body dies, the soul lives on. I do find Hick’s point of John Smith dying and then appearing in another country is unlikely. Once the body dies, I believe that the soul lives on and the soul goes to either heaven or hell, not another place on the earth.
4. After reading all of the assigned articles for this module, in your own words, how would you define the self? How can the same person exist at different times? Please provide reasons to support your claim.
According to Bing Dictionary, self is a perceived personality or an aspect of somebody's personality, especially as perceived by others (bing.com). Self is all the characteristics and qualities that help shape a person. Their