Pilgrim, it’s good for us to make sure of these things. I’ve had a quick look at the article you linked to and it makes some interesting observations. I’m particularly interested in it’s mention of Num 16:22 - ‘…God of the spirits of all flesh’. I wondered if the Greek word for ‘spirits’ as used in the Septuagint is the same as the one used in 1Pet 3:19. I’ve looked both verses up via Biblos, and they seem to be the same, but I can’t get the Greek up for the Num verse in the same way I can for 1Pet and so they look almost the same but not sure. If they are the same, then that would make me wonder why Jesus ‘preached’ to the life forces of dead people assuming the life force is not conscious? I have also been under the impression that the ‘spirits’ in 1Pet 3:19 were ‘angels’ and not humans, so I need to look into this further.
Another verse that has always puzzled me and seems to be ‘wrong’ is Rev 6:9 which talks of the ‘souls under the altar’. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to say ‘spirits under the altar’?
You really have got me thinking about this Pilgrim. Thank you. I’ll come back to you once I’ve looked into this some more and please let us know if you find anything else out.