actually, it doesnt say that to be absent from the body is to be present with the lord, it actually says:
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing **rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.**
if you are going to try and lecture the authors of the sacred text, at least get it right...
Actually, the author of that passage is God, via the direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit as He moved men to write.
The rooster is humble enough to crow without thinking he makes the sun rise. Go and do likewise.
actually, it doesnt say that to be absent from the body is to be present with the lord, it actually says:
I did not quote the passage. I declared its teaching.
Evangelicals invariably misconstrue, and often misquote, that passage. There is no hint of a logical implication in it; it merely asserts Paul’s hope for two things, without claiming that one implies the other.