>>And gee, once again, asking the saints who have passed through death into life with Jesus for intercession is not the same as contacting or calling up the spirits of the dead for knowledge of the future for earthly personal gain.<<
To courtesy ping or not to courtesy ping........
My brain hurts just trying to wrap it around that kind of convoluted reasoning. What’s the purpose of praying to saints if not for personal gain? Aren’t the prayers always asking favors of them? Or are they asking the saints for privation and hardship?
***shakes head in disbelief***
No, it’s not for personal gain, at ALL. Burying a statue of Joseph in your yard in order to sell your house is not “personal gain”...only in the world of buying Mary lottery candles could that be called “not for personal gain”...lol!
It must make sense to them somehow. It’s beyond me but there you have it. Then they make fun of us for claiming to have a personal relationship with Christ then come in and show that they claim to have a personal relationship. (sigh)