[rabidralph]

When the Bible mentions people being asleep, it means they are dead and are not conscious of anything, as we commonly are when sleeping. It does not mean that people are ignorant of something.

[ravenwolf]

When the Bible mentions people being asleep, it means they are dead and are not conscious of anything,

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That is true but when Paul said we shall not all sleep, he could have meant that we will be changed at the time of death rather than sleep for a hundred or a thousand years or more like many did.

He did not say we would not die.