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Common concerns re: There is eternal death for the unfaithful

Following are some of the Bible texts which are quoted as supposedly supporting the view of the wicked being punished in hell after the judgement, together with brief explanations. Please note that further quotations which supposedly support the view of man having an immortal soul are dealt with in the “Further Reading” section of Topics 7 and 9 of this series

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Common concerns re: prize of eternal life

Following are some of the Bible texts which are quoted as supposedly supporting the view of immediate reward at death, in heaven, together with brief explanations. Please note that further quotations which supposedly support the view of man having an immortal soul are dealt with in the “Further Reading” section of Topics 7 and 9 of this series “Great is your

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Historical comments re: immortal soul

Herodotus, the oldest historian, writes as follows: The Egyptians say that Ceres (the goddess of corn), and Bacchus (the god of wine), hold the chief sway in the infernal regions: and the Egyptians also were the first who asserted the doctrine that the soul of man is immortal.” (Herodotus, page 144). Mosheim says: “Its first promoters argued from that known doctrine

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Common concerns re: soul means life

Following are some of the Bible texts which are quoted as supposedly supporting the view of man having an immortal soul, together with brief explanations. Please note that the quotations regarding heaven as a place of reward are dealt with in the “Further Reading” section of Topic 12 of this series “And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing,

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Common Concerns re: hell is the grave

Following are some of the Bible texts which are quoted as supposedly supporting the commonly held view of the place “hell”. Please note that the related topic of “immortal soul” is covered more fully in topic 9 of this series which is to be added approximately November. The rich man and Lazarus – Luke 16:19-31 This passage is a “parable” although it is

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Common Concerns re: no greater truth than death

Following are some of the Bible texts which are quoted as supposedly supporting the view of man not being “unconscious at death” but having an immortal soul, together with brief explanations. Please note that many more such texts are explained in the “Common Concerns” sections of Topics 9 and 12 of this series. The Witch of Endor – 1 Samuel 28

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Common Concerns – personal devil

Following are some of the Bible texts which are quoted as supposedly supporting the view of a personal devil together with brief explanations. Please contact us for more in-depth information on the texts. “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be

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