This is not true. First, the story of Lazarus and the Richman is not called a parable.
Doesn't matter.
Second, it is a little odd that this is the only parable that is fictious when none of Jesus's other parables were fictious.
Who said this is the only parable that's not an actual event.
Three, the narrative of the Richman and Lazarus is an account of what it is like for a wicked man to die and go to hell or hades.
That interpretation contradicts Scripture. That's one way we know it's not an actual event. Which man was wicked? The parable doesn't say either man was wicked.
How so? Well, I have already provided a list of verses that shows that men are consciously awake or aware of things after death.
What you gave me was a list of passages that you "think" prove that the dead are alive. Not a single one of those passages says that the dead are alive after they die. The concept is self contradictory. Why do the Scriptures call them the dead if they are alive? You've been saying that Jesus wouldn't say things that weren't literal. Well, what about this? If the dead are really alive how does the word of God call them dead.
Concerning the passages you posted. The reasoning is circular. You believe that the dead are alive so when you read those passages they appear to support your belief. However, none of the passages actually teaches that the dead are alive. Thus, they don't actually support your claim. Additionally, your interpretation of those passages contradicts other passages of Scripture, such as David saying that the dead know nothing and that their thoughts have perished. These passages must also be reconciled with those that you posted in order to come to a true understanding of what the Scriptures teach on the subject.
The use of metaphors is determined by the context. I do not see any context supporting your claim in 1 Corinthians 15:43-44. For allegorizing the words "spiritual body" when you do not allegorize the words "natural body" is ripping the those words out of context -- IMO. Paul says there is a natural body and a spiritual body. It doesn't make any sense to treat one as real and then allegorize the other. You are not providing any context of the passage here and you are just stating that this is so. Prove your case with the text that spiritual body is allegorical or metaphorical while the physical body is real.
Firstly, your interpretation of spiritual body is influenced by your belief that man is alive after death. Believing that man is some sort of spirit or soul alive after the death of the physical body could lead one to interpret spiritual body as a body that is not physical or is the body of a "spirit".
On the other hand if one is dead when they die, as Paul believed, what would Paul mean by the term "spiritual body"? Obviously, if Paul didn't believe that man was a spirit after he died then he wouldn't mean that a spiritual body is a non-physical body of a spirit.
So, you see, what one believes before coming to the passage can greatly influence the way one understands the passage.
35 But some man will say,
How are the dead raised up? and with
what body do they come?
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42
So also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as
we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. 15:54 KJV)
I think it's pretty clear that Paul is speaking of the resurrection. Notice he keeps contrasting mortality with immortality and corruption with incorruption. The earthly man is corruptible, the one raised from the dead is incorruptible. When the corruptible has put on incorruption, then death will be defeated.
The contrast here is between two states of being, corruptible and incorruptible. One is before the resurrection and one is after. What Paul refers to as the "spiritual body" is the body that is resurrected. We have an example of what a resurrected body is.
36 Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you."
37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit.
38 And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39 "
Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have."
40 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet1.
41 But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, "Have you any food here?"
42 So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb1.
43 And He took it and ate in their presence. (Lk. 24:36-43 NKJ)
Here Jesus said a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones. Yet He did have flesh and bones in His "spiritual body," His resurrected body. We can see clearly from this that Paul is not speaking of some kind of body that is not physical and exists as the body of a spirit.
Also, from the context of 1 Cor. 15 we see that Paul isn't even addressing the subject being alive when dead. He is addressing their present state and their state in the resurrection. He doesn't say anything about the time in between the two.
Also, angels have a spiritual body. This is why Paul says there is a spiritual body. For when Paul says we will put on immortality in 1 Corinthians 15:53, he is talking about how we will receive spiritual bodies like that of angels. It is why Scripture says, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God," (John 1:12). For "sons of God" was a reference to angels in the Old Testament; And it is said elsewhere in the NT that we will be like angels (Matthew 22:30).
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You'll need to show where the angels have spiritual bodies. However, again it's all about context. The passage that says they'll be like the angels is referring to the giving in marriage. People won't marry in the resurrection.
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For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. (Mk. 12:25 KJV)