Still a popular teaching, this concept finds no support in the Bible, which states: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all. ” ​ — Ecclesiastes 9: 5.
बायबल असे म्हणते: “आपणास मरावयाचे आहे हे जिवंताला निदान कळत असते; पण मृतांस तर काहीच कळत नाही. ” — उपदेशक ९: ५.