You brought up soul sleep not me. As far as the "bifurcated existence" whachamacallit I merely said thats what it looks like in the passage you quoted. Personally I agree with the passage you just said--to be away from the body is to be present with the Lord. And I think I said something about sleep being the death of believers.

Uh, are you actually reading anything I'm posting? I don't see that much difference in what we are saying.


Josh
"...the word of God is not bound."--2 Timothy 2:9