She is dead. And that is not the point of Christianity. Do you not know scripture? Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: If men don't die, then Paul must have been smoking whacky weed or something. I suppose If they don't die, then the pope has a thing or two coming from an Apostle Paul that didn't turn his office over before death. The things you guys do to abuse language is unconscienable.
We most certainly do die. We may be raised later; but scripture says flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of God. If you think you're body is going to heaven as it is right now, you have another thing coming. Once to die and then the judgement. Oh death, where is thy sting. Death still comes, it just has no athority over our spirits. So you can halt the symantic gymnastics. Oh wait, lets have a practical test of this, how many Catholic named saints would there be if Christians didn't bodily die - Zero. Oh, wait, thaaaaaat kind of death. Well...
The language of Ecclesiastes eliminates this by prfacing it's remarks on the dead by saying that righteous or not, the dead share the same fate. It is speaking of the Bodily dead. Not the spiritually dead. In effect, the passage says 'it is an evil among men that all share a common fate, that whether spiritually dead or spiritually alive, both will die in the flesh.' Knit pick that with your semantics. Once dead, they can have nothing more to do with the goings on here on earth. Go to, read. The citation is Ecclesiastes 9. Read the whole thing. Especially the warnings to do what you will for God while you live because he'll accept them now; but, when you die, you can't do anything more.. Ope what a giveaway.
We are waiting for YOU (with your superior knowledge) to post it.