This describes soulish activity, but fails to include the work of the spirit. The anthropology of man is body, soul, and spirit. For the unbeliever is unable to discern spiritual things, because he lacks a living human spirit. That is only provided by God Himself and only upon the exercise of faith alone in Christ alone by God the Holy Spirit.
I wasn’t attempting a dissertation on the finer points of any particular brand of churchianity, only stating the Almighty gave us scriptures to study that we may know the truth from fiction.
2 Thessalonians (KJV):
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.