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140) The Big Lie: “Death is the Separation of the Soul from the Body”

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Many mainstream Christians claim that at death, only thebody dies while the soul lives on, consciously entering the presence of God. In this view, believers never really die—they skip over death entirely by transitioning instantly into eternal life.

There is no place in the Bible that defines death as the separation of the soul from the body.

So where did this concept come from?

Plato’s Influence: Not the Bible

The idea that "death is the separation of the soul from the body" comes from Greek philosophy, especially Plato.

In his dialogue Phaedo (also called On the Soul), Plato, through the voice of Socrates, taught that:

“Death is the separation of the soul from the body... and the state of being dead is the soul’s being alone by itself, apart from the body.”— Phaedo 64c, 67d

In this podcast we explore some implications of the Platonic "death is the separation of the soul from the body" claim on mainstream Christianity.

Full text here: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-big-lie-death-is-separation-of-soul.htmlAdditional Resources:

Where do we go when we die? Interview with Pastor Sean Finnegan https://youtu.be/w8rgs85dBtk

Conditional Immortality (Restitutio podcast)

https://restitutio.org/2019/02/14/164-theology-3-conditional-immortality/

Challenging Conditional Immortality (Restitutio podcast)

https://restitutio.org/2019/02/21/165-theology-4-challenging-conditional-immortality/

#bible, #gotoheaven

  continue reading

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Many mainstream Christians claim that at death, only thebody dies while the soul lives on, consciously entering the presence of God. In this view, believers never really die—they skip over death entirely by transitioning instantly into eternal life.

There is no place in the Bible that defines death as the separation of the soul from the body.

So where did this concept come from?

Plato’s Influence: Not the Bible

The idea that "death is the separation of the soul from the body" comes from Greek philosophy, especially Plato.

In his dialogue Phaedo (also called On the Soul), Plato, through the voice of Socrates, taught that:

“Death is the separation of the soul from the body... and the state of being dead is the soul’s being alone by itself, apart from the body.”— Phaedo 64c, 67d

In this podcast we explore some implications of the Platonic "death is the separation of the soul from the body" claim on mainstream Christianity.

Full text here: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-big-lie-death-is-separation-of-soul.htmlAdditional Resources:

Where do we go when we die? Interview with Pastor Sean Finnegan https://youtu.be/w8rgs85dBtk

Conditional Immortality (Restitutio podcast)

https://restitutio.org/2019/02/14/164-theology-3-conditional-immortality/

Challenging Conditional Immortality (Restitutio podcast)

https://restitutio.org/2019/02/21/165-theology-4-challenging-conditional-immortality/

#bible, #gotoheaven

  continue reading

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