Is it true that one can speak with the dead?

Question:

I was bored these days and I started looking for “How to talk to the dead” and I found this. I read the comments and I saw that some were even worried, others thought they were crazy. Another day I saw a show “Strange Phenomena” on Discovery Channel. It was about some people who used the “utensil” of the link and strange things happened, exactly as described by those who used it. I wanted to try, but then I found this site and I want to know if it is true that you can talk to the dead?

Yes, it is true

The Bible tells us the case when King Saul went to a woman who called up the dead and she called the prophet Samuel. So, it is a real thing and let no one think this is a fairytale. I recommend, if you have a Bible to open it to chapter 28 of the First Book of Samuel and read the story of Saul and Samuel.

God forbids calling up the dead

Before the people of Israel entered the promised land of Canaan, God gave them this command:

When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you. You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so. (Deuteronomy 18:9-14)(NASB)

Beware to the seriousness of this sin. It is called an abomination before the Lord that will not be left unpunished.

I suppose that the temptation is great when your loved one died, but let these abominations and begin now to study the Scriptures and be blameless before the LORD your God.

Translated by Felicia Rotaru