[rjsimmon]

So you don’t live in heaven until then? You lie dormant?

This is pedantic. The body dies. The spirit lives. As Paul said:

Phl 1:21-23 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;

Do you believe Paul had any doubt he was about to die?

[netmilsmom]

>>and be with Christ, which is better by far; <<

So Paul is dead. And lying when he said he would be with Christ?

[Petronski]

The spirit lives.

Mary is alive.