I've been thinking about what you stated in your post, and it reinforces my conviction that what the Bible teaches about what happens to people after they die is clearly inaccurate and misleading. I've had over 40 years of experience as a psychic medium and have had direct contact with earthbound spirits for about 16 years, so I have no doubt that what the Bible teaches about the afterlife is clearly inaccurate and misleading. To be honest, there is not a single Christian alive who can convince me that their preferred interpretation or their church's preferred interpretation of the Bible about the afterlife is correct.
A lifetime of firsthand experience as a psychic medium, combined with many years of experience as a seasoned paranormal investigator, has undoubtedly proven otherwise to me. Of course, what I'm conveying to you is my own personal belief based on my years of experience as a medium and paranormal investigator, and I understand that you believe differently. I'd like to make it clear that I respect your personal beliefs, even though I disagree with them.
Years ago, as I was growing up and also as a young adult, I used to believe that I was seeing things (a.k.a. human spirits and nonhuman entities) because no one else I knew could see, hear, or feel what I could since I was six years old and saw my first human spirit (read about it
here). So, I kept everything I experienced to myself until my mid-twenties, when I eventually told my husband, who was the first person I'd ever told about my mediumship. It took me a few more years after telling him before I finally accepted and embraced my mediumship abilities and used them to assist both the living and the dead.
As a psychic medium, I can see, hear, and speak directly with human spirits, as well as feel the presence of spirits. For almost 16 years now, I have given readings to many people who didn't believe in the paranormal, and none of them remained skeptical of the paranormal after I revealed specific private information that was only known between them and their deceased loved one(s) (such as the names of their living or deceased relatives, exact dates of key events in their lives, family vacations, certain places they visited or traveled to outside of the country, and specific childhood memories that they have).
That includes my first therapist (read about it
here), as well as a couple of other therapists and a psychologist. In addition to what I've written in one of my previous posts
here, I've also shared how I knew when a friend tragically died (read about it
here), when my relatives died (read about it
here), and when I've had extraordinary experiences that I couldn't confirm with other present witnesses or document with my ghost-hunting equipment, as I explained in a previous post
here. In fact, I've spent over a year posting on this forum about my personal experiences as a psychic medium (such as this post
here) and a seasoned paranormal investigator (such as this post
here) and commenting in many other threads as well. In the posts I linked, I provided a great deal of specific detail regarding my experiences as a psychic medium and paranormal investigator. I don't just say that I can see spirits and then leave it at that.