thanks for the response. It was actually meant tongue in cheek as the legal personhood given to a corporation lacks the emotional element as it cannot reason on its own. The individuals within can but the are not the corporation. Corporations are person created by man
Without knowing Aquinas I would agree with this view as I come to the same conclusion. In a causal view of reality my material existence as any other material existence is the consequence of the will of God thus my body is a materialisation of his word. The question is if the soul has begun to exist with the body or if it exists prior and past the existence of the physical body or if itis recycled as other religions claim.
To me the fall represents sin as the separation of the soul from the part of the body of God to become an individual by eating from the tree of self realisation. In the separation from God we become mortal as we now base our soul on our body which is perishable so it will perish with the body. So only by becoming part of God again we can become immortal again which is what Jesus demonstrated by not dying but remaining accessible to us through time, thus building the bridge to return to God. I understand that “hell bit” to be the burnout on reentry of the soul when fighting death. Peace is a great gift to have when the time comes and it might even help you to temporarily come back for some more time as that peace not only prevents you to burn out when your soul returns to eternity but also helps your body to have more energy to heal, but then that is my personal experience.