Show me any prophet of God, any apostle, any believer named in the bible praying to the dead to intercede on their behalf. Show me any prophet of God, any apostle, any believer named in the bible praying to anyone but God. Show me the verses where Jesus instructed people to pray to dead saints so they could intercede on their behalf.
Show me the verses where Jesus instructed folks to type religious arguments on keyboards, and send them through cyberspace.
In addition to my earlier post:
James 5:16; Proverbs 15:8, 29 - the prayers of the righteous (the saints) have powerful effects. This is why we ask for their prayers. How much more powerful are the saints’ prayers in heaven, in whom righteousness has been perfected.
1 Tim 2:5-6 - therefore, it is because Jesus Christ is the one mediator before God that we can be subordinate mediators. Jesus is the reason. The Catholic position thus gives Jesus the most glory. He does it all but loves us so much He desires our participation.
This is the Church that the gates of hell will not prevail against; the Church that as one, in all races and all the inhabited continents, and for all the Christian centuries, has practiced intercessory prayer in mutual charity amongst all its members, both those on earth and those who have already passed through death to life.
You show me one member of the Church who warned against, proscribed or condemned this kind of intercessory prayer in the 1st century AD, the 2nd century, the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th, the 6th, (continue in series to the 15th)---
and then argue either that the Church didn't pray that way (which she did, starting in the earliest centuries as we know from evidence found in the catacombs), or that Christ's Church was in grievous error for 1500 years. (Which you can't do if the Holy Spirit is guiding His Church as He said He would.)