Can anyone tell me where in the Bible can I find where it says"The dead are unconisious and know nothing"?I know it's there but I can't find it.PLEASE ANSWER,THANKS.
2006-06-17 15:35:50 · 7 answers · asked by clicker420 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10
I guess the whole hell fire torture thing is a big lie. Not that God would ever do such a thing anway.
Other scriptures such as John 11:11-14 show that death is like a deep sleep. Church leaders teach that a person who dies immediately goes to heaven or hell. This however is not true. In order to live again, a person has to be resurrected (brought back to life). The Bible teaches "ashes to ashes, dust to dust", not "ashes to hell fire, dust to hell fire". - Genesis 3:19
The Bible states that "the wages sin pays is death" not "the wages sin pays is eternal torment" (Romans 6:23). Death is the absence of life. If a person where to be tortured in hell fire, wouldn't they have to be alive to know what was going on?
So as Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 correctly states, those who have died are unconscious entirely. They are in a deep sleep, awaiting a resurrection back to life. If the soul was immortal would they need a resurrection? Instead, we rely on God for eternal life.
When the Bible speaks of hell, it is actually referring to the place where a person is layed to rest (see Jonah 2:2 where Jonah refers to the belly of the fish as 'hell'). Many Bible translations translate the word hell as 'grave' and 'pit' also.
I hope all this was helpful to you. Here are other scriptures that you may find useful:
Psalm 146:4
Job 14:10
Ecclesiastes 3:20
2006-06-17 15:39:50 · answer #1 · answered by johnusmaximus1 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I only checked a KJV concordance, and the dead are referred to as "asleep" (but not unconscious) at:
I Corinthians 15:6
I Thessalonians 4:13 - 16 or so
And the Ecclesiastes verses others quoted.
That's really all I could find.
2006-06-17 15:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by LazlaHollyfeld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do the dead know nothing? I thought the dead go to heaven or hell according to the bible, and if you go to these places, surely you still are conscious and know things.
Of course because it is a one way trip no one has come back to confirm this fact, and this is why religion is based on faith, there is no proof so you yourself must choose whether to believe or not.
2006-06-17 15:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by MARTIN B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. KJV
2006-06-17 15:44:41 · answer #4 · answered by catsclaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry,
I did a keyword search in my bible program and found nothing to that context.
2006-06-17 15:41:54 · answer #5 · answered by Starwyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.blueletterbible.org
Helps you find anything you need to find in the bible.
2006-06-17 15:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by tooyoung2bagrannybabe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know sorry
2006-06-17 15:42:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋