Semantics don’t hide the fact that Scripture has a number of Scriptures indicating that praying to those passed from this life is NOT God’s pleasure.
Okay, let's see 'em. But first, how we doin' on the great gulf fixed? It may be mere semantics to you but you've failed to show it. You've got a gulf between t2wo sets of dead people and you wnat it to be between the living and the dead. Just because there's a gulf somewhere doesn't mean it's where you claim it is. Is "semantics" what you say when your argument is shot down in flames? YOU guys put up Lazarus and Samuel, we show why we disagreee, you start talking "semantics' and lots of other verses you have in your locker back home. That's okay for street fights, but it's not really good for brothers looking at doctrinal questions.