Nor was Jesus asking Moses or Elijah to intercede with God for him. The transfiguration is not related to praying to the dead. In fact, we have other scripture, from Jesus, no less, that emphasizes the futility of it.
Furthermore, you have no way of knowing where the departed soul that you "talk to" went. If they have fooled you on earth with their piety and were not sincere, or were not elect,then your prayers are not only in vain, but something worse. Maybe you are "talking to" a lost soul.
Pardon me for not understanding your doctrine, I just cannot comprehend praying directly to the Father, through His Son. This is the tradition that the bible teaches us.
Special pleading. The argument that is always made is that "talking to the dead [sic] is necromancy". If it's necromancy when I do it, it was necromancy when Jesus did it. You say the Transfiguration is "not related" because it's an inconvenient counter-example that demonstrates the falsehood of your objections.
In fact, we have other scripture, from Jesus, no less, that emphasizes the futility of it.
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In the Transfiguration account, Jeus was alive and Peter, James, and John could clearly see Moses and Elijah, so we are not talking “spiritually alive” here. We are talking about Moses, whose grave was never found, and Elijah, who was taken up into heaven in a firey chariot. So were they “dead” or “alive”? Scripture tells us that Jesus was talking to them about His impending death (Luke 9:31). How do you know that He wasn’t asking them to pray for Him? He was clearly not looking forward to it, as His Agony in the Garden shows us (”His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” Luke 22:44b).
Why are you using the argument about “it wasn’t in Jewish Tradition”? I thought Protestants didn’t put stock in “man-made traditions.” and WE DON’T WORSHIP MARY AND THE SAINTS.
Let me tell you this again and maybe I can make it clear:
We pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, through the Holy Spirit.
We ASK the saints to PRAY for us.