According to your twisted logic, asking my neighbors or fellow church members to pray for me would be apostasy. If the saints can pray, they can certainly pray for me, and there is nothing wrong with asking them to do so.
We are warned in the Bible not to commune with the dead. When you talk to the dead you are opening yourself up to spirits you may not know.
It is called necromancy. An abomination to God.
Nope, Scripture is quite clear about not contacting those who have died physical deaths.
It does not forbid asking those physically alive here on earth for prayer.
That’s nuts.
Having living Christians engage in intercessory prayer for us is important.
“If the saints can pray” they can certainly pray for me, and there is nothing wrong with asking them to do so.”
Re “the saints”, assume you’re referring to RCs who are dead and have been abracadabra-ed in to sainthood.
“If the saints can pray”. They can’t; they’re dead. They can’t HEAR you.
“there is nothing wrong with asking them to do so.”
There actually IS something wrong with asking them anything. It’s necromancy, and it’s forbidden by God in Scripture.
So...
Asking living neighbors to pray for you: Good.
Asking dead people to pray for you: Very bad.
(Technically, if your neighbors are Christians, they actually are saints.)
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According to your twisted logic, asking my neighbors or fellow church members to pray for me would be apostasy. If the saints can pray, they can certainly pray for me, and there is nothing wrong with asking them to do so.
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Just out of curiosity, how many deceased neighbors have you had discussions with, once they’ve assumed room temperature?
Eh, never mind, I don’t think I want to know.