Life and Death
Over the years Christianity has failed to adequately define the terms it has used, and this has created some confusion in our understanding of their meaning. Terms like life and death, when used in a Bible context lack any real definition, and therefore they add to the confusion that already exists concerning spiritual truth. In spite of this, Christians speak of these things as if they are fully conversant with their meaning. After all, surely anyone can tell the difference between a body that is dead and one that is alive. The one is capable of moving and functioning as a person, while the other is still and lifeless with no power to move. No one would argue with the above definition, so how can there be any confusion in this matter. My answer is that there is no confusion, if we are simply speaking about our mortal concept of life and death. However the definition used above creates a great deal of confusion when we consider what the scriptu