Dualism (Identity)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Saturday, March 21, 2015, 05:16 (3315 days ago) @ David Turell

Tony: It doesn't matter if they believed the dead were in heaven, or hell, or walking around on the earth. If they believed the dead were alive (in the sense of an afterlife) then the deception hit right on the money. 
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> But if it changes atheists into believers, what does Satan gain?
> > -Atheist are believers, too, you know, but they believe a lie. Still, belief is not enough. Even demons believe in God. Yet if you believe but continue to do what is wrong, what virtue is there in your belief. Faith without works is dead. (James 2:14-26)-
> > Tony: God Says: The dead are conscious of nothing. 
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> Quotation, please.-Ecc 9:5,6,10 Psalms 146:3,4, Psalm 115:7,

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.