[Marysecretary]

If they’re on earth and still living, I certainly don’t reject it.

[FormerLib]

I see, so you reject the notion that someone can be alive in Christ.

If they’re on earth and still living, I certainly don’t reject it.

Ok, so you do reject the idea that people who have passed from this life can be alive in Christ. You are, of course, entitled to whatever beliefs you wish to hold, but it's different for us Christians.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

If they're on earth and still living, I certainly don't reject it.

AMEN! Exactly right. To presume those in heaven can, need or even want to intercede for us on earth is idolatry. More hocus pocus. Not much different than any errant spiritualism.

Those saints in heaven are joyously preoccupied with glorifying God. Our job is to do the same.

"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" -- 1 Timothy 2:5

There just aren't many verses in Scripture more clear than this. We ignore it at our peril.