Yes, but I took your insistence that it was mere allegory or metaphor, and not a parable, to mean that you denied even the reality of a Heaven or a Hell into which souls had already - at the time the narrative was told - been inducted; that Jesus did not wish to imply even that the souls of, for instance, beggars and/or rich men had already been sent to the Hereafter, where they retained their consciousness and could, e.g., beg for Abraham to send Lazarus to warn relatives.
I took your remark to mean that you were an adherent of the school of thought that, upon death, one enters an unconscious state, a sort of spiritual suspended animation, until Judgement Day.
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“I took your remark to mean that you were an adherent of the school of thought that, upon death, one enters an unconscious state, a sort of spiritual suspended animation, until Judgement Day.”
That is partially correct. Of course there are many saints who are in Heaven now with tasks to be performed no doubt. The majority will have to wait for Second Coming to awaken from their sleep. As for souls being tormented in Hell now, that would be ridiculous to have the punishment before the trial. The Great White Throne judgement will be an event that all will participate in. It hasn’t happened yet so nobody should be in Hell at this time except for the usual suspects (Satan and fellow demons).