Why is communicating with the dead forbidden in most churches? Does the bible say any and every form of contact is off limits?
There are no spirits, or souls, of humans roaming around on earth, for all spirits go back to God who gave them, and the soul that is with God is with Jesus, for to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, and the souls not with God go to the lower parts of the earth.
There is no praying for the dead, no receiving prayer from the dead, and no help from them.
Deu 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Deu 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Deu 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deu 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Deu 18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Deu 18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
The woman of En Dor really did not contact Samuel, but it was an evil spirit disguising as Samuel, for the Bible says the dead sleep, and know nothing for they do not have conscience, unless they are with the Lord, but they cannot communicate with us for God will not allow it.
We do not have the power to wake the dead to communicate with them, and God will not wake them up for us, and the evil spirits do not have the power to wake them.