But you're adding words to the scripture to say something it's not saying in all the versions i've found stating that one's life doesn't come back again because we only live once here.
The words in parenthesis in the King of kings' Bible are the explanatory notes, that help make it easier to understand.
Because the soul doesn't cease to exist after a physical death do they?
Correct! But what does organized religion teach people about who and what they are? They teach people that they are a human with a soul. Don't they?
This is backwards. Because in reality you are not a human (an animal) that has a soul.
You ARE a soul, that (temporarily) has a human. Think about it.
Also, what about the part where it mentions that he died and got buried then this :
"Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment."
Luke 16:27-28
It is a parable, that is meant to show people something. Remember what Jesus said about it:
Matthew
13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
13:11 He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of The Kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
(because they were not "babes", not "born again" of/as their spirit-being (as Christ said a person
must be, in order to be able to see The Kingdom and enter into it) because they were still clinging to the false belief (the lie - from satan) that they were only human).
If the rich man is still on earth, he should simply go and tell them these things himself right ?
Not if he is in a new body, in a different country somewhere far away so that he can't.
But he can't since he's not on earth.
As above.
That's pretty obvious, as obvious as the fact that he's not getting more lives to start all over again.
Again, it's a
parable. In other words, that is to say it's meaning is
not obvious! Except to people who have been born again (of/as their spirit-being, because to them it does make sense because they have obtained the spiritual eye-sight (through being born again) to be able to "see" it). Remember, Christ also said He came to give sight unto "the blind" (i.e. people who still think that they are only human - and which was also demonstrated physically, through the healing of physically blind people, to show people that He came to earth to help the people to see, who previously couldn't). The truth is hidden from the (worldy) wise and prudent and is revealed unto babes (people who become born again of/as spirit - as their spirit-Being, which is not a human animal).
But since everyone stays on earth by your logic and nobody could keep memories how could you expect from them to not do the same mistakes over and over again and not become even worst persons after a dozen generations if you add in this equation a sinful nature that worsen the situation?
You are asking some good questions, which are all explained in The Way home, so perhaps you should consider reading it. I've pasted the answer from it for you below.
TWH, 3:97 Each time that a human-animal-body, that you have been using, dies, you are unlocked from it
and taken onto the Astral Plain (Paradise) (which is here, but in another dimension, that cannot be
seen with human-eyes), where you are asked, what you have learned, and you have your now past
human-lifetime, that you have just lived, shown to you, and you are told (paradise - “para dice” – in
order to be told) what you have done right, and what you have done wrong. That life is then
summarized, and the evil; that you have learned in that lifetime; is erased from your memory, along
with which human you were, but the good you have learned is retained. You are then sent back,
onto this material plain, and locked-inside another body, to learn some more. The kind of body and
surroundings will vary, depending on whether you are to be punished and taught humility, or
whether you are to be rewarded.
3:98 You can not remember what human you were previously, because that would cause you, and
everyone else, a lot of pain, e.g. if an old man died and came back as a baby, remembering who he
had been, and went to see his wife (now his widow), from his previous-lifetime, it would cause her;
himself and his new parents, a lot of pain and would serve no useful purpose. Another reason, that
you are not allowed to remember what human you were, is because; being the materialistic, selfish
people that you are; if you could remember who you had been, you would go and try to claim what
were your possessions. Wouldn’t you?
3:99 As the object of being here, is to learn to be unselfish; good and un-materialistic; allowing you
to remember would be counterproductive. Also, you wouldn’t want to be able to remember being a
murderer, or a rapist, or being murdered, would you?
3:100 What you do remember is all the good that you have learned. All those things that you
KNOW are right; and that no-one, in your present-lifetime, has taught you; you have learned in your
previous lifetimes.
In order to gain a full and complete understanding of how it works, you will need to read, study and digest the contents of the whole Book, that is called "
The Way home or face The Fire" (the Title of which, is self-explanatory)
Between 1950 and 2019, human population has increased a lot and it's proven by statistics and the fact that our cities grow bigger and our societies consume more energies than ever. It means that you should also believe that some people enter this world with fewer second chances to be saved compared to people who spent centuries doing what they want with their lives.
Why should it mean that? God is well able to keep an account as well as that He is fair and Just in all things. So, no one is being treated unfairly.
No, really that doesn't make any sense.
As above, God is always fair to all and since He is Perfect, He always keeps a perfect account of all things.
It's pleasant to the ear but none of that is even remotely biblical. That's the problem.
I'm glad you say that, but are you really sure that it is not biblical? Does it not make more sense, that God (Who IS
Love) would in fact design things to work exactly like this, so that the people can have many chances and can also have fresh starts, if they didn't get it right that time (or the next, or the next, etc.) all with guidance and help and encouragement along The Way? Remember that it says He does not take any pleasure in the wicked, that they should die:
Ezekiel 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord "I AM": [and] not that he should return from his ways, and live?
1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the Knowledge of The Truth.
If people only ever got to have one single chance EVER, like the churches have all kept saying (...? keeping in mind, that God can do anything, since He is All powerful) then how could that possibly be? What does not make sense, and what is not even remotely biblical is what the church has told people. It's they that are not even remotely biblical*
* - please also read this (short) post, which is about them:
https://vigilantcitizenforums.com/threads/early-followers-of-christ-believed-in-reincarnation.6656/post-246816
So who is right, they (greedy, evil fake religious people)? or
God (Who is Love)?
They have been telling people for centuries, that absolutely everyone only ever gets ONE (singular - 1) chance ONLY (even though God is Merciful) and so people need to come to them to get to obtain salvation to get into heaven. God however, says that they have
NO authority whatsoever, and that they (and all their false legislation) do not even exist.
TWH 9:73 What an incredible BUSINESS - selling forgiveness for sins - and what a confidence-trick.
Priests can NOT forgive your sins, they are conning you for money, “Protection-money”. How are
they going to protect you from God, when, as far as God is concerned, they do not even exist (Matt.
23:8-9)?