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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/08/05 20:57 UTC 版)
preexistence (countable and uncountable, plural preexistences)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/11 00:12 UTC 版)
Pre-existence (also spelled preëxistence), beforelife, or pre-mortal existence refers to the belief that each individual human soul existed before conception, and at conception (or later, depending on when it is believed that the soul enters the body) one of these pre-existent souls enters, or is placed by God, in the body. This belief is held to a varying degree in Abrahamic and other religions. Alternative positions are traducianism and creationism, which both hold that the individual human soul does not come into existence until conception.