Saul and the Witch

Does King Saul talk to the prophet Samuel after Samuel has died? http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20sam.%2028&version=9

In 1 Samuel 28 King Saul consults a medium and supposedly talks to Samuel who has since died. The Bible teaches us that the dead are dead so how could this be? 1 Sameul 28 never tells us that Saul actually saw and talked to Samuel, but rather that Saul perceived it to be Samuel. Verse 14. Satan takes advantage of his false doctrine of the immortality of the soul so he can masquerade as dead people who are resting in their graves. One glaring clue that this spirit talking to Saul was of satanic origin is found in the fact that the message only had condemnation and doom. If it had been God’s Spirit or even God’s prophet talking, along with the censor would have come hope and forgiveness, but Satan never offers that.

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