John 11:11-12
11 These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 His disciples therefore said: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 But Jesus spoke of his death; and they thought that he spoke of the repose of sleep.
14 Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.
Yet, flying in the face of what Jesus taught, people frequently describe Mary as “DEAD.” They capitalize it and use exclamation points.
Yup; Mary is dead all right.
Of course, you constantly equivocate in your use of “dead.”
You seem not to believe in life after death.
The real question is: Do people cease to exist at the time of their physical death?