The Scriptures support neither the notion that the soul is some kind of immaterial and immortal entity bound up inside the physical body nor the idea that somehow the flesh prevents one from having a close relationship with God. — Genesis 2: 7.
ऐसी राय रखनेवाले कुछ लोगों के बारे में एक धार्मिक इतिहासकार कहता है: “इस विश्‍वास ने कि भौतिक वस्तु दुष्ट थी...