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I would say the soul would be more than the engine. The soul would be like the computer system that coordinates everything, from the smog device to the fuel injection system to the brakes.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Computer
Injection
System
Coordinates
Soul
Brake
Everything
Device
Would
Engine
Like
Engines
Devices
Brakes
Fuel
Smog

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