In article , tuppence says...
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>In post ,  Matthew  asks:
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>>What does the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus have to do with
>>whether or not Enoch died? I don't see a connection; Enoch was
>>clearly an exceptional case, not an ordinary one.
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>Well, I was thinking of a bit more of this discussion than whether or
>not Enoch died. For a connection consider counterpoint; whereas,
>neither Enoch nor Elijah may have died, the three men in Jesus' story
>did die. Yet they are not asleep, in some sense they remain conscious
>and active somewhere beyond death. A  judgment is implied
>contemporaneous with the rich man's brothers being alive in their
>father's house. So, I was curious what others might make of this story.

I see your point now. And I have to agree: this account, whether you consider it
a 'parable' or not, has always been an embarassment to those who believe that
death is like non-existence.


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