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>until the resurrection of the dead all deceased souls are no >longer living in any form. > > “David… is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us >to this day.” “For David did not ascend into the >heavens” Acts 2:29,34
The context of that verse is Peter discussing Jesus as Messiah, and not David (who has not died and gone to heaven--as Jesus has not yet been resurrected), pointing back to Psalm 110.
I hate to simply swap Bible verses, because it never leads anywhere, so I offer these not as proof Catholics are correct, but just that it is not as bright and clear as you say:
St. Paul (2 Cor 5): "For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
For in this tent we groan, longing to be further clothed with our heavenly habitation
if indeed, when we have taken it off, we shall not be found naked.
For while we are in this tent we groan and are weighed down, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life."
Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "This day you will be with me in paradise."
Also, Jesus himself descended to the land of the dead to preach the Gospel to them. How would he do this if they were devoid of consciousness?
Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "This day you will be with me in paradise." Is a null/void state paradise? Kind of a strange way to refer to it.
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