so why did he go to the trouble of telling eve that she would not die if she eat the fruit , he made it appear to be a good thing to eat the fruit ,but really he was getting them to go against the true God and his commands, things are not always what they appear to be . that is how satan works a lot of the time, he does not always do things to scare us off he is more clever than that at times, and this getting us to believe that our dead loved ones are still alive somewhere is all part of the first lie told to eve ,that lie is that we will not die and this is just one of many things that satan uses to keep the lie going. and yes people have got to believing the lie . when we are dead we are dead, back to the dust we go . but the promise from the bible is that at a future time God will resurrect us ,back to a paradise earth. but until that time we go to dust , so we are not alive somewhere it is the tricks of satan .