Apologetics Forum: Ask questions about Christianity/Debate doctrinescatholicsI don't exactly know if its the soul that lives on, but what I do believe, is that a part of us "our intellect" will never perish. You say that this, as a parable and should not be taken literally, and what our Lord said really is a lesson. But this cannot be true, for several reasons. Luke, as a historian, wrote literally and factually, not cryptically. He surely would have explained the parable if it were not to be taken literally. I believe even as a parable, it still shows a real situation of the next world. If Jesus knew something was false, would He use it to get his point across? The rich man died, as did Lazarus. The rich man went to Hades, the realm of the dead, while Lazarus was taken to Abraham's bosom, heaven. "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" Revelation 6:9-10 When Revelation talks of people in heaven, it refers to real people. 24 elders (Rev 4:4) Also notice how the people are still aware that they were slain on earth. "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" Hebrews 12:1 The witnesses are the dead saints referred to in the preceding verses. There are many more passages that show a part of us (the soul?) lives on. I just dont have the time right now to go thropugh all of them. Peace |
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