Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: anonymous@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: st. jude Message-ID: Date: 4 Jun 91 04:02:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Society of Independent Newswaifs Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes: > I would suggest that scriptual references to those who have suffered > earthly death indicate they enter some sort of spiritual sleep waiting > for judgement. While one can argue that the deceased live in Christ, I > see no scriptural precendent to indicate they are capable of hearing or > acting on prayer requests. Would the story of Dives and Lazarus be a relevant reference? Not necessarily to answering prayer requests from those on earth, of course, but of being "awake" and aware of matters in the spiritual realm, at the very least. ************************************************************************ * Liz Broadwell (broadwel@penndrls.upenn.edu) * * * Department of English * Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam * * The University of Pennsylvania * * ************************************************************************