Immortality as a gift of God

One corollary of this view is that, as Thacker puts it, ‘it is not remotely the case that the soul has its own inherent immortality. Basically God makes the call after death whether we survive or not. Immortality is a gift of God, and it’s a gift of God after death, it’s not a gift of God at birth.’ Ratzinger again is in accord. ‘The Greek doctrine of the immortality of the soul … is wrongly regarded as a Christian idea, too.’

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