Metmom, we got another one to add to the list.
This exemplifies the embarrassing tendency to change the subject in order, as it seems, to score cheap points.
I am not arguing (here) that the saints in heaven can pray for others. YOUR SIDE asserts that they can't. Yet I get only vague answers (read all the Epistles of Paul)when I ask for the authority.
Then it is said, mockingly and quite without regard for the facts, that I am saying that it is permitted since there is no prohibition.
Is the other side's argument that it is prohibited since there is no permission?
Evidently it HAS become the bar scene in Star Wars. I'm outta here. Call me if you ever should want to have a discussion.