Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: walsh@astro.pc.ab.com Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: invoking saints (Re: 'Veneration of the 'Saints'') Message-ID: Date: 12 Aug 90 06:04:01 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , jhpb@granjon.garage.att.com writes: > >Why is it OK for someone who is alive to be a mediator for you to God > >and not some one who is dead? > > > Because dead people are asleep in the ground awaiting the resurrection, > that's why. Psalm 6:5, and elsewhere -- I could elaborate if people > are interested. > > TP > 3 objections to this "sleep of the dead" idea: a. The Lord's parable of Lazarus and the rich man. None of the dead were sleeping here, which means in your view this was a misleading parable. b. The Lord's statement to the good thief: "Today you will be with Me in Paradise." Not: "Today you will sleep, when you wake up you will be with me in Paradise." c. When Moses appeared on Mount Tabor he wasn't snoozing. I know you can answer with your own set of quotations, but i think these are noteworthy. ando.