"thy faith hath made thee whole" - The Notion of Immortality of the Soul to be Widely Promoted

 

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The Notion of Immortality of the Soul to be Widely Promoted

Christianity is based on the belief that there is the afterlife or life after death in this world.  Therefore, believers of Christianity as well as priests of Christianity in principle are not afraid of death. 

According to witness and reports of those who had near-death experiences, men's souls get out of dying bodies to enter into the spirit world.  Their souls usually feel happy in the spirit world soon after death.  No matter how evil they are in this world, their souls are not immediately punished or condemned to the hell.

According to Swedenborg, a philosopher and mystic in the 18th century, men's souls after death of their bodies get into the spirit world where they spend some time and gradually split to those who are accepted in Heaven and others who fall into the hell.

So, if churches emphasized that there is no death for one's soul after death of his physical body in this world, it should not be false.  It must be right to anybody regardless of his religion or whether or not he is a Christian or not.

Indeed, it is the belief shared by ancient Egyptians who wrote the Book of the Dead, ancient Greek philosophers such as Socrates and Plato, Tibetan Buddhists who wrote The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Pure Land Buddhists in East Asia, etc.

So, it is no wonder that there are many people in this world who believe in the immortality of the soul.  But, churches never stress it and elementary schools never teach it; what is worse, universities never have faculties to study the spirit world or the afterlife.  In this context, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Raymond Moody, Allan Kardec, etc. who openly studied dying, near-death experiences, and death should have deserved a Nobel prize.

However, experts/scholars and churches seem to be reluctant to diffuse widely this notion of immortality of the soul.  Churches might be thinking that this secret should be taught only to members of churches.  Experts/scholars might be thinking that it is the knowledge that makes them especially important and privileged.  Or, some people with connection to political power might be thinking that such knowledge that everybody can live happily in the spirit world after death in this world must make law and order of the society unstable or endangered.  Indeed, a political revolution might happen more often with many insurgents who are not afraid of death. 

But, men without the knowledge of immortality of the soul would tend to think that there is nothing after death in this world, so that they try to enjoy their lives as much as possible by obtaining money as much as possible while living in this world.  Accordingly, they should easily follow Satan. 

Indeed, it is 2000 years after Christ Jesus appeared in this world.  As He clearly stated that poor and faithful men should be accepted in Heaven after death in this world where they are given eternal life, we have to widely promote this notion of immortality of the soul.  By doing this, we can save as many people as possible from traps and temptation of Satan.                

    

         

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Matthew 9, King James Version
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.