Why pray for the dead?

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Mallz
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Why pray for the dead?

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Just as the subject says. I don't understand what the point of praying for the dead is? I'm sure this practice is based off the false belief of purgatory. In which sense I can see why people might...

Once our lives are over, we wait to be judged. How would prayer change a heart and soul when its already gone through temptation and awaits judgement?
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Re: Why pray for the dead?

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Mallz wrote:Just as the subject says. I don't understand what the point of praying for the dead is? I'm sure this practice is based off the false belief of purgatory. In which sense I can see why people might...

Once our lives are over, we wait to be judged. How would prayer change a heart and soul when its already gone through temptation and awaits judgement?
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Re: Why pray for the dead?

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Dont pray to the Dead. Purgatory doesn't exist
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