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No, it's not that we don't want to listen. Praying to dead people is unscriptual and you are somehow blind to your error. Perhaps you should actually read and study the Scriptures. Imagine if you die, and someone who liked you started praying to you. I myself would be horrified if it was me, and I'm sure that the saints now dead in the Lord, are horrified as well. Praying to, and praying for, are two different things. If nothing else you cause others who are weaker brothers to be led astray, rather than telling them the truth. Like angel worship. They don't know the difference because their brothers don't step up and lead them.

Again, we do not pray TO saints, we ask saints to pray TO God FOR us, just like I might ask my husband to pray FOR me before surgery, or I might pray FOR my daughter before her big dance recital. If I die, I first hope that I am in a state of grace to go to heaven, and if I am blessed to see the glory of God, I would praise God and pray TO Him for everyone I loved.