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    The idea of immortality does not come from the Bible — Carmelics
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    The idea of immortality does not come from the Bible

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    • 1.Early Jewish texts lack developed concepts of individual soul immortality; afterlife ideas evolved through Greek and Persian influences.
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    • 2.The Bible emphasizes bodily resurrection and God's kingdom on earth rather than disembodied immortal souls in heaven.
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    • 3.Sheol in Hebrew scriptures describes a shadowy underworld, not a place of eternal conscious existence or reward/punishment.
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