Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jhpb@garage.att.com (Joseph H Buehler) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: st. jude Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 19:23:14 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article hetyei@athena.mit.edu (Gabor Hetyei) writes: In article , jhpb@garage.att.com (Joseph H Buehler) 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. Could you name please at least one of these scriptural references? Please keep in mind when looking for it taht now we are after the resurrection of Christ. Not to mention the fact that when the chosen apostles have seen Jesus with Moses and Eliyah, these deceased prophets did not look asleep at all. The paragraph quoted above wasn't written by me, though the attribution suggests this.