I totally get your point. Death happens. Once someone's dead, you can't communicate with them they way you could when they were alive, there's a serious physical difference. We learnt the definition of "life" in school ("MRSGREN" - movement, respiration, etc.) and that is no longer what they are. So, quite apart from that poem, lovely though it is, posters that say "Jesus lives" make me think the people who put it up are idiots, unless they can tell me his postcode and what he had for breakfast.
But, as a point of information, there are people who can communicate with the dead. My younger sister tends to consult our (dead) grandmother for help with dressmaking issues. I've passed on messages from dead people to live people myself, and the recipient understood it where I certainly didn't. It's a rare talent, it's not all that reliable, but it does happen. And no, in my experience it is not even close to the same as the person you're communicating with being alive.
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Date: 2011-10-25 08:52 pm (UTC)But, as a point of information, there are people who can communicate with the dead. My younger sister tends to consult our (dead) grandmother for help with dressmaking issues. I've passed on messages from dead people to live people myself, and the recipient understood it where I certainly didn't. It's a rare talent, it's not all that reliable, but it does happen. And no, in my experience it is not even close to the same as the person you're communicating with being alive.