Ah, but that idea that they are fielding the prayers of the saints is an ASSUMPTION.
How do you know they are not their OWN prayers?
And so what if it's a practice dating back how ever many years?
If it's not Scriptural, and it's not, then it doesn't matter how many people and who they were who practiced it. It's still wrong.
....and God being the eternal Creator of space and time does not have a problem fielding a billion requests a day—unlike me, as I’m still catching up on the thread between moments away from work.
That's because He's God and no human is. Mary does not have God's ability to do this, being a mere created being herself.
Lastly, the argument that it's OK to do something simply because Scripture doesn't tell us we can't is the absolute weakest and lamest justification for making up theology that I have ever seen.
You are correct MM. Someone else made me laugh, when he said there is no scripture prohibiting the angels from playing bingo in Heaven, but I doubt they are. 😂
A Dallas grad once said, and I agree, don't ever build theology, on what the Bible does NOT say. It tends to put one's immortal soul in severe amounts of danger of hell fire and brimstone.
Also, no matter how much people try to sugarcoat it, praying to the departed saints, is NECROMANCY, and I am not going to be a necromancer. 😀
Because 5:8 says they're the prayers of the saints.
If it's not Scriptural, and it's not, then it doesn't matter how many people and who they were who practiced it. It's still wrong.
Where does Scripture say that?
That's because He's God and no human is. Mary does not have God's ability to do this, being a mere created being herself.
The Apostles didn't have the ability to do miracles on their own, either, but they did them through the power of God. No one claimed Mary does miracles on her own.
Lastly, the argument that it's OK to do something simply because Scripture doesn't tell us we can't is the absolute weakest and lamest justification for making up theology that I have ever seen.
Where does Scripture say that?