>>I think that is a lovely thought, just not sure about it. I wish it to be true, but I just don't know. It is foreign to my way of thinking I guess, because I have never been taught that.<<
The idea of "praying to the dead", or even "praying for the dead" is foreign to the Scriptures, also... But, both are an integral part of Roman Catholic dogma...
It certainly is not "foreign" to Scriptures, nor is it foreign to the practice of Christians of 100 AD. Are you suggesting that the Christians of 100 AD were not aware of what the Apostles taught? That less than 80 years after Christ's death, the entire Church went into an apostasy, teaching heresy, without ONE utterance of dissent for the "true" faith, while simultaneously, dying in droves for the faith that they apostasized against???
Have you really given any thought to how ridiculous that sounds?