IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
(See also Reincarnation; Soul)
(Note centered headings below: Christendom; Quotations)
Africa:
Masai: sh 56
use of Kissi penny: g99 3/22 27
Zulu: sh 56
ancient tombs reflect belief: g05 12/8 20-24
Assyria: sh 52-53
Aztecs: sh 55
Baha’i: sh 305
basis for divination and spiritism: sh 92-93
Bible view: ijwbq article 71; it-1 1189; g 12/15 12; bh 210; w08 11/1 4-5; w07 7/15 3-5; w06 3/15 4-5; bi12 1644; sp 13-14; w99 4/1 14-16; ct 168; ie 22-24; w97 5/15 5-6; g97 2/22 18-19; w96 8/1 5; w96 10/15 4-5; w92 11/15 4-5; w90 5/1 19-23; w90 9/1 4-6; sh 222, 224-225; w89 4/15 21; w89 10/15 3; rs 169-170, 377-378; g89 3/8 19; g89 4/8 19; g88 7/8 8; w86 8/1 5; vi 10-15
Bible Students publish: kr 14; jv 127
comment by bishop in Sweden: g88 8/22 29-30
Ellis, Aaron (Bible Vs. Tradition): jv 48
Greek Orthodox booklet: w92 5/15 9
New Catholic Encyclopedia: jv 36; w90 9/1 4-5; w89 10/1 6
professor at Theological Faculty: w89 10/1 7
quiz: g94 1/8 13, 21
Storrs, George: w06 8/15 12-13; jv 45-46
theologians confirm: g 2/13 13; w93 4/15 8-9; jv 622
understanding clarified (1880, 1881, 1894): w89 3/15 19-20
Buddhism: w05 5/1 4; ie 9-10; sh 150-153
China (ancient): sh 53; g87 9/22 23
Confucianism: ie 12
difficulties inherent: w96 8/1 3-4
discussion: wp17.4 3, 5-7; w09 11/1 4; w03 11/15 4-5; w99 4/1 9-16; w98 7/1 9-13; ie 3-29; w96 8/1 3-4; w90 5/1 18-23; w90 9/1 3-6
effect of belief:
on Kingdom hope: jv 37-38
Egypt (ancient): g05 12/8 22-24; ie 6; sh 53, 59; w88 2/1 24-25
former lives: ie 23; rs 317-318; g86 6/8 22-23
Greece (ancient): wp17.4 6; w11 7/1 6; ie 5; w96 8/1 6; w90 5/1 22; w90 9/1 3; sh 54-55; rs 379; w87 9/15 28; w87 11/1 6
Plato: it-2 1005; g 2/13 12-13; w98 7/1 10-12; jv 36; w92 5/15 9; rs 379; g88 7/8 9-10
Socrates: it-1 1002; it-2 1004; w03 11/15 4; ie 5; w90 9/1 4
Hinduism: w05 5/1 4; w99 4/1 12; ie 8-9; w96 8/1 3; sh 112, 114, 125-126
Karma based on: ie 9; sh 112, 114
Incas: sh 55
Islam: w99 4/1 13-14; ie 16; w96 8/1 3; w90 9/1 3; sh 297, 299-300
Israel (ancient): w96 8/1 5-6
Pharisees: it-2 226, 625; rs 319
tombs imply no belief: it-2 368
Zealots at Masada: w96 8/1 4-5
Judaism: wp17.4 6; w13 2/15 10-11; g 2/13 13; w00 6/1 5-6; w99 4/1 12-13; ie 13-14; w96 10/15 4; wi 22-23; w90 9/1 6; sh 219, 222-224; rs 377
Philo: w05 6/15 11; ie 14; w92 11/15 4
Malays: sh 75
Maya: sh 55-56
not proved by “afterlife” or near-death experiences: rs 100-101
origin of belief: wp17.4 6; w99 4/1 10-12; ie 5-7; w96 8/1 8; jv 127; w90 5/1 22-23; w90 9/1 6; sh 52-57, 265-266; w89 3/15 20
Babylon: w12 12/1 19; w99 4/1 11-12; ie 6-7; w90 5/1 22; sh 52-53; rs 51, 379-380
Egypt: wp17.4 6
Greek philosophy: ijwbq article 71; wp17.4 6; w10 6/1 30; w09 8/15 12-13; w09 11/1 4; w99 8/15 12; ie 5; w96 8/1 6-8; jv 36-37; w92 11/15 4; w90 9/1 4, 6; rs 379
not taught by Satan to Eve: w19.12 15; jv 127; w89 3/15 20
Persia: ie 5-6
“primitive” religions: g89 9/22 14-15
resurrection incompatible with: w05 5/1 4-5; w98 7/1 12-13; ie 26; w95 3/1 29-31; w90 5/1 26-27; g90 9/8 22
Shinto: ie 10-11; sh 189-190
Sikhism: ie 12
spiritism’s goal to prove: g87 5/22 26-27
Taoism: ie 11-12
why belief is so widespread: w96 8/1 8
Christendom
Catholic Church: w98 10/15 5; ie 22; g97 2/22 18; w95 3/1 29-30; w90 5/1 19; w90 9/1 4-5; g88 7/8 8
comments by—
Clement of Alexandria: w08 11/1 4
Cullmann, Oscar (theologian): w98 7/1 9
“intermediate state” between death and resurrection: ie 23-24; w95 3/1 29-31
Lutheran Church:
catechism rejects doctrine: ct 168; g88 7/8 9-10
origin of belief: w00 6/1 5-6
comments by New Catholic Encyclopedia: w98 7/1 10-11
Greek philosophy: wp17.4 6; g 2/13 12-13; w10 6/1 30; w09 8/15 12-13; w09 11/1 4; w01 4/15 20-21; w99 4/1 13; w99 8/15 12; w98 7/1 10-13; ie 14-16; w96 8/1 7-8; w95 3/1 29; jv 36-37; w90 9/1 6
Presbyterian Life: g87 2/8 27
scriptures misapplied to support:
Genesis 35:18: ijwbq article 71; w07 7/15 4-5; w99 4/1 16; ie 22-23
1 Kings 17:22: w07 7/15 4-5; w99 4/1 16; ie 23
Philippians 1:23: w95 3/1 30-31
symbolized by yew trees in churchyards (Britain): g01 7/8 31
Tyndale rejects doctrine: w97 9/15 28
Quotations
no doctrinal affirmation in ancient Church: w95 3/1 29
remains a non-Biblical belief: w87 11/1 6