Which denomination is deceiving you? It is talking about the spiritually dead, at the Great White Throne Judgment. That apparently is not a simple matter to understand for the intellectuals. IE, for those that didn't make the first cut.
It IS?
These spiritually dead folks; their names are NOT in the Book of Life; right?
Revelation 20:11-15
"Then I saw a great White Throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and THE BOOKS WERE OPENED. Another book was opened WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE. The dead were judged according to their works as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to their works. Then death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. The Lake of Fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
If anyone's name was not found written IN THE BOOK OF LIFE...
Why even CHECK the BoL if the 'spiritually dead' folks names are the ONLY ones at the GWT judgment?
About what?