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#376 What is a Soul? - Karlo Broussard

Catholic Answers Focus

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In the first of two conversations with Karlo about the soul, Cy asks Karlo to explain what a Christian means by “soul.” Where is the soul? Does everything have a soul? What is the point of having a soul? Using the tools of philosophy, Karlo gets us some answers. Cy Kellett: What is a soul anyway? Karlo Broussard, next. Hello and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I have to admit this one comes from me. I wanted to have this conversation with Karlo, because I struggle with the idea of the soul because I think ...

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0:00.0

What is a soul anyway?

0:01.6

Carlo Broussard, next.

0:07.8

Hello, and welcome to Focus the Catholic Answers Podcast

0:10.5

for Living, Understanding, and Defending Your Catholic Faith.

0:13.5

I have to admit, this one comes from me.

0:15.0

I wanted to have this conversation with Carlo,

0:16.9

because I struggle with the idea of the soul.

0:19.9

Because I think this is the way my brain works.

0:22.0

It works in images.

0:23.2

I gotta have an image for the thing.

0:24.6

I gotta have an analogy.

0:25.7

And the soul is immaterial,

0:28.3

and it's very hard to come up with any image that works

0:31.6

and doesn't just break down and give you the wrong idea

0:34.5

about what a soul is.

0:35.8

So I thought, Carlo knows these things.

0:38.7

Let's invite him in and ask him,

0:39.9

what is a soul?

0:41.1

And here's what Carlo had to say.

0:49.7

Carlo Broussard, Paul, just here at Catholic Answers.

0:51.5

Thank you.

0:52.4

Hey, Sy.

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