Myth

Myth 1: The Soul Is Immortal
What is the origin of the myth? “The early Christian
philosophers adopted the Greek concept of the
soul’s immortality and thought of the soul as being
created by God and infused into the body at
conception.”—The New Encyclopædia Britannica
(1988), Volume 11, page 25.
What does the Bible say? “The soul that sinneth, it
shall die.”—Ezekiel 18:4, King James Version.
Regarding the creation of the first human soul, the
Bible says: “Jehovah God proceeded to form the
man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his
nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a
living soul [Hebrew, ne´phesh].”—Genesis 2:7.
The Hebrew word ne´phesh, translated “soul,”
means ‘a creature that breathes.’ When God created
the first man, Adam, He did not infuse into him an
immortal soul but the life force that is maintained by
breathing. Therefore, “soul” in the Biblical sense
refers to the entire living being. If separated from the
life force originally given by God, the soul dies.—
Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 18:20.
The doctrine of the immortality of the soul raised
questions: Where do souls go after death? What
happens to the souls of the wicked? When nominal
Christians adopted the myth of the immortal soul,
this led them to accept another myth—the teaching
of hellfire.
Compare these Bible verses: Ecclesiastes 3:19;
Matthew 10:28; Acts 3:23
FACT:
At death a person ceases to exist