[SoothingDave]

Well, I sure haven't forgotten my loved ones who are with Christ. ... Or could you be implying that the obsession with dead people is for the benefit of non-believers

I'm confused. Are your loved ones with Christ dead or alive?

SD

[hopefulpilgrim]

Fixing my eyes on Jesus (Heb. 12:2) does not cause me to lose sight of my morTality. My morTality has been dealt with in Christ. Now I fix my eyes on Him so that I "do not grow weary and lose heart in this race that is set before me." (Heb. 12:1)

Or could you be implying that the obsession with dead people is for the benefit of non-believers...so that THEY will consider their mortality? Hmmmm...well, I guess that is one tactic for reaching the lost.