Thread: A question on Christian Scripture.

Originally Posted by kevint

Another way to grasp what I am trying to say is to ask; what is the opposite of death?

If you answered, life. Sorry that is incorrect. The opposite of death is birth.

Life is eternal.

Sorry, but that is not exactly correct. Life and death are states, i.e. you ARE alive, or you ARE dead. You cant BE birth. Birth is simply a mechanism to move you from non-existence to a STATE of life.

I should also add that human life is not eternal according to the bible. Genesis 2:7 indicates that God put the breath (or spirit) of life into man. Then at Psalms 146:4, regarding death, “His spirit [Hebrew, from ru′ach] goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish.”