later for this, it quotes differently than i read? weird. and im out of time for now, see ya at lunch ok
the post stops at "Never again to?"
but i can say on the fly that the Bible--which yall all think is Yahs Word, right?--says "samuel said," and etc, so imo your arg fights "Yahs Word" imo eh. See bc your opinions on speaking to the dead, irrelevant, see? "Samuel said" relevant, "bl said" not so much wadr
But to accept that the witch, and Saul were not deceived, one has to accept as Truth what Satan said in the garden. You shall not surely die.
Either Samuel was dead, and knew nothing as scripture elsewhere declares, or he wasn't dead but very much alive and knew everything. Was even still in touch with God and prophecied on his behalf even after "death" despite God refusing to speak to Saul the day before. Wow. What wonderful influence witches have with God yeah?
You may think I'm interpreting that passage according to my understanding of the state of the dead born from elsewhere. You are right. It is. And that understanding comes from numerous passage of scripture throughout the Bible that teaches witchcraft as an abomination... That teaches God is consistent in righteousness and Holiness... That teaches as absurd that a great prophet of God is under the authority of a witch to speak to an apostate lost King... That teaches that the dead are most surely dead and
KJV Ecclesiastes 9
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the
dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished;
neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.