Next question. Dear Dr. Craig, I'm a Christian who is trying to put some pieces together as I deepen my faith,

and I have a question about our souls. In question of the week number 920,

you say you believe that we are souls who have bodies,

not body, soul, composites.

I've always held this belief, as it seems intuitively true to me,

but never considered it in the way you presented.

I appreciate the straightforward argument

that we are identical with our souls. However, as I've thought about this some more, I realized

that this raises at least two questions. First, what parts or aspects of us are truly part of

us, our souls.

Are our interests part of the soul?

Is one's fascination with mathematics instead of language part of the soul?

I seem to recall you mentioning that our souls may be gendered.

I think this was on a podcast or interview, but I couldn't find it, so I apologize.

However, it does seem plausible to me that we, our souls, may be gendered.

Second, what would this mean for people who experience conflict with their physical bodies, for their gender or for any other reason? In this broken world, could someone be born with

the wrong gender if it really is part of the soul or the person? I believe we are all responsible

for how we live and what we do, no matter the situation God puts us in, but I wonder if there

may be cases where a person's body actually may not

entirely match who they are. I greatly appreciate your thoughts on this. I know God understands all

this and whatever we may think, he knows the truth. However, this question has been in the back of my

mind since I read Question of the Week,

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