Well, anybody knows that the body goes into the grave.
What is the state of the soul between now and the General Resurrection?
What is a “dead” soul? Does it cease to exist, and then come back into existence later?
It seems to me that the deadness of the dead is central to your understanding of Christianity. You certainly pound on the point enough, and call people names who question this doctrine. It is obviously very, very important.
So: Where, or in what state, are the souls of people who have physically died? If they are dead, what does that mean? Non-existent. Or, existent and “frozen” somehow?
Arthur, thanks for playing but you are not a winner this time. Don't bother trying again. Your questions have already been answered, if you take the time to check out God's word. If you insist on following Catholic doctrine, it's not my soul that is in danger.
Hebrews 11: ...32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.