You agree that it was one of satan's lies that people are conscious after death and are tormented? Then, why did Jesus knowing that it was satan's lie, use this lie in the rich man and Lazarus parable without ever explaining it to his desciples?
Wow! I never heard it put exactly that way. That's brilliant. It is more concise than they way I have previously tried to explain why would Jesus teach a lie that was believed upon for 2000 years until his man Russell could be born and correct His words.
If you think about it, Satan started his career "correcting" God's words. Why can't people (myself included at one time) just read the bible like any other book... literally, unless there is obvious reason for metaphor?
It's just weird.