[NoGrayZone]

"Do you ever ask the living to pray for you or offer to pray for another?"

Absolutely! I need all the prayer I can get.

"which is nothing more than the practice of asking our departed brothers and sisters in Christ"

Oh, that's a WHOLE LOTTA SOMETHING MORE. That's where we go "astray". According to Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 and Psalms 146: 3-4, THE DEAD ARE AWARE OF NOTHING.

If you can find Bible verse that states otherwise, please let me know.

[Mad Dawg]

Natural Law: I guess you got the short straw. You can walk NGZ through the argument this time. It seems that they all think we’ve never thought about this in Scriptural terms.

[Natural Law]

Hebrews 3:3 - Jesus is worthy of "more" glory and honor than Moses. If you agree that Moses is a saint and deserving of some glory and establishes that saints are deserving of some glory does not mean that the saints are worthy of no glory and honor.

1 Peter 2:17 - Peter teaches us to honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the emperor. Don't those living with Christ in heaven deserve honor? Catholics believe they do, and honor them with special feast days, just as we honor those living by celebrating their birthdays.

If you are legitimately interested in understanding this I will expand upon it. If not, then no amount of supporting information will suffice.