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  1. etc3-16-origins-of-ect (0.701) -- prior iteration of this study
  2. etc2-16-origins-of-ect (0.694) -- prior iteration
  3. etc-16-origins-of-ect (0.686) -- prior iteration
  4. etc4-16-origins-of-ect (0.626) -- prior iteration
  5. etc-02-who-has-immortality (0.595) -- key findings on biblical immortality

Key Prior Study Findings (etc series)

etc-01-what-is-man

  • Man BECAME a living soul (Gen 2:7) -- not "received an immortal soul"
  • Nephesh chayyah applies equally to animals
  • God ONLY has immortality (1 Tim 6:16)
  • Thoughts perish at death (Ps 146:4)
  • Dead know nothing (Ecc 9:5)
  • The "immortal soul" claim classified I-D (requires overriding multiple E/N statements)

etc-02-who-has-immortality

  • Immortality belongs to God alone (athanasia -- 1 Tim 6:16)
  • Must be sought (aphtharsia -- Rom 2:7)
  • Put on at resurrection (1 Cor 15:53-54)
  • Brought to light through the gospel (2 Tim 1:10)
  • Not inherent in humans; humans are thnetos (mortal)

etc-04-state-of-the-dead

  • Death = unconscious sleep (7+ biblical authors)
  • Being with the Lord tied to resurrection (1 Thess 4:16-17)
  • No biblical description of conscious intermediate state

etc-09-rich-man-lazarus

  • Luke 16:19-31 classified as parable (genre analysis)
  • Not didactic teaching about afterlife conditions

etc-15-ect-strongest-case

  • Strongest ECT passages are apocalyptic (Rev 14:10-11; Rev 20:10) or parabolic (Luke 16)
  • No didactic passage explicitly teaches ECT