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To: aMorePerfectUnion
No Jewish or Christian prayer is ever recorded in Scripture that addresses anyone but God.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Luke, Catholic chapter sixteen, Protestant verses nineteen to thirty one,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

61 posted on 04/29/2017 6:10:19 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

You do understand this is a story?


62 posted on 04/29/2017 6:14:59 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: af_vet_1981

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.


Interesting, where eyes go to. My eyes read it that praying to the dead will save no one! Isn’t that the point of the story?

So how does one get saved?


72 posted on 04/29/2017 6:34:36 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: af_vet_1981
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father

REALLY?

You trying to use this as an example of PRAYER??

201 posted on 04/30/2017 4:17:40 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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