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assuming that the story of the rich man and poor lazarus is a parable does not change the reality that the story is expressing about the afterlife...
jesus' parables always used real life situations to teach a spiritual lesson...things that could actually have happened in the real world...
for example the prodigal son did not jump on a unicorn and fly back to his father...he went on foot...
jesus' parables describe realistic situations that can actually happen in real life...so to be consistent we have to conclude that jesus' story of the rich man and poor lazarus was giving an accurate description of what happens to the dead...
jesus' parables always used real life situations to teach a spiritual lesson...things that could actually have happened in the real world...
for example the prodigal son did not jump on a unicorn and fly back to his father...he went on foot...
jesus' parables describe realistic situations that can actually happen in real life...so to be consistent we have to conclude that jesus' story of the rich man and poor lazarus was giving an accurate description of what happens to the dead...