“that’s the work of the devil. the dead are dead until the return of Christ.”
No one is disputing that their dead. That doesn’t mean God is dead. God can use even the dead to accomplish His will if He so chooses.
but He doesn’t and he makes clear that the dead are dead and do not come back. It’s the devil that conjures up spirits to pretend to be the dead to trick you.
Well, Saul did speak with Samuel after Samuel had died. A necromancer summoned him. These are things we are warned not to mess with.
What an interesting thought; “God can use the dead to accomplish His will if He so chooses.” That’s probably true. The simplest way would be by our studying history and learning the patterns of causation and effect.