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   >>>>Using the hebrew/jewish discussion again:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>By the 1st century it had changed into the two place aftrlife; one for   
   the   
   >>>>>>righteous and the other for the unrighteous afterlife. One was a place of   
   >>>>>>torment,ie. hell and the other,ie Abraham's bosom awaiting the   
   resurrection.   
   >>>>>   
      
   Friend james plugs in a rotely learned jw vatican response:   
      
    >>>>>The BIBLE (not most of the churches) teaches us that ALL the dead go   
   >>>>>to the same place to await a resurrection; both good and bad. (Acts 24:15)   
   >>   
   >>And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there   
   >>shall be a resurrection of the   
   >>   dead, both of the just and unjust.>   
   >>>   
   Very good, the scripture bit confirms that the afterlife has two parts as   
   above from which all the dead await Resurrection.  NNothing in the bit   
   refutes the idea of the 1st century afterlife as above.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Yup, a afterlife "place" of two divisions.   
   >>>>>   
      
   >>>>>>This is also reflected in the NT parable of the rich man and the begger.   
   >>>   
      
   >>>Like I said that you snipped out. Jesus was saying a parable. So what   
   >>>is a parable?   
      
   Answer, using ideas common to 1st centurie jews about the two part   
   afterlife; Christ makes a story to teach His point about how we conduct   
   ourselves toward each other.  Christ doesn't use chinese ideas about an   
   afterlife; He uses those ideas with which all around Him are aware.  A   
   parable using the chinese ideas would be meaningless to make His point.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)