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No - it was an idea by Greek Philosophers and other pagans.
It was what God taught his chosen people would happen and should be resisted/ignored.
The church of Rome got many ideas from those taught in alexandrai - and they studied the works of the Bible in equal measure to the works of Greek philosophy.
That's where your ideas of 'immortality of the soul' come from. Not from the Bible.
The bible even says we should be scared of nothing but the one that can destroy the soul.
soul = flesh + spirit (Genesis)
spirit = the breath of God
Only God can destroy the soul - we all die because God has decided we should.
The flesh corrupts - the breath of God goes back to God (and He knows all about us so He can resurrect us come the day of resurrection).
If people don't believe in the day of resurrection then what gospel do they believe in? Not the one Jesus and Paul and Peter and John talked of surely.
It was what God taught his chosen people would happen and should be resisted/ignored.
The church of Rome got many ideas from those taught in alexandrai - and they studied the works of the Bible in equal measure to the works of Greek philosophy.
That's where your ideas of 'immortality of the soul' come from. Not from the Bible.
The bible even says we should be scared of nothing but the one that can destroy the soul.
soul = flesh + spirit (Genesis)
spirit = the breath of God
Only God can destroy the soul - we all die because God has decided we should.
The flesh corrupts - the breath of God goes back to God (and He knows all about us so He can resurrect us come the day of resurrection).
If people don't believe in the day of resurrection then what gospel do they believe in? Not the one Jesus and Paul and Peter and John talked of surely.
as i already showed in an earlier post on this thread...it is the belief in mortalism and annihilationism that is a recent 'pagan' invention that infiltrated a few christian denominations...