Butch5
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We do. Everything we read, we interpret. That's what reading is. How do I know the dead can't speak? There is no evidence, anywhere. If one was to claim that the dead can speak they would need to present evidence. Objective evidence. An interpretation of an interpretation of the Bible is not evidence. Presenting these passages isn't evidence. It only seems like evidence to you because you already believe that the dead can speak.
Samuel didn't speak. Saul was speaking with a woman , a medium, who was possessed by a demon. The Scriptures tell us one of the reasons that Saul died is because he sought a demon.
13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;1 (1 Chr. 10:13 KJV)
If you read Mathews account of the Transfiguration you'll find that Jesus called it a vision. Peter indicates that it was the 2nd coming.
Lazarus and the Rich Man is a parable. I've addressed this passage. One thing to keep in mind is that Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees. He had said that He spoke to them in parables so that hearing they would hear and not understand. So, the question we should ask is, could the Pharisee understand that the parable was about the afterlife as Christians today do? I think we can agree that they could have understood that. If so, that should tell us that that's not what the parable is about. The whole purpose of the parable was to tell them something in such a way that they didn't understand it.
No, Jesus isn't dead, He was resurrected. He's alive.
