(January 30, 2016 at 1:59 pm)Constable Dorfl Wrote:(January 29, 2016 at 6:57 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The Sadducees didn't believe in spirits so how could they believe in the holy ghost? Isn't God supposed to be a spirit?
The holy ghost is more of a christian thing, though. It is a post hoc entry into the christian pantheon.
The God character was a spirit in Genesis 1:2 (KJV) = "And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
The idea of ghosts go back to Genesis 25:8 (KJV) when the crazy old coot Abraham kicked the bucket: "Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people."
So, since the Sadducees didn't believe in spirits or ghosts did they really believe in the fairy tale or were they atheists? How could they believe in hell?