The notion that human beings are really just souls who temporarily have bodies is something I sometimes hear. But it flies in the face of the Gospel's promise of resurrection.
According to the Bible, you and I do not have bodies. We are bodies, among other things. I certainly believe that human life transcends, or is more than, bodily existence. Christians after all are not materialists.
At the same time, the assertion or suggestion that your body is nothing more than your "earth suit" (something I once heard at a funeral) or that life following our current mortal existence is immaterial life (a notion that seems to be in the ether of many Christian groups) is much more Greek philosophy than it is biblical, Christian doctrine.
More about this another time.
