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The apostle Paul taught “to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8)

Present means a conscious experience.

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The apostle Paul taught “to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8)

He was writing to and about believers in Jesus Christ, those who have been born again.

Not all people.

Without a place of eternal torment that results from rejecting God, there's no point in warning people of it and the need to be saved.

The threat of non-existence when a person dies is no threat at all to people who hate God.