What about ghosts?

[lucypevensie]

A lot of people really truly believe in ghosts, even a lot of Christians I know. My own sister has had a whole lot of experiences with unexplainable incidents such as footsteps down the hall, waves of cold air coming into the room, she's even seen actual people who suddenly appear then vanish. She is not on drugs, drunk, or sick in the head. For about 2 years when they moved into their brand new house there have been no "ghost sitings". So why are they not bothered in the new house like they have been in their other houses. I remember when I was a teenager I HATED babysitting at their house because I was SO SCARED to be at their house alone. I always looked for excuses to get out of the job. I never saw or heard anything there but I was definitely freaked out.

So I guess what I'm asking is: what do you think those things really are? I do believe in demons and angels. Do you think demons were bothering my sister's family and me?

Has anyone else had eny weird experiences?

 

[LouisBooth]

"Do you think demons were bothering my sister's family and me?"

Maybe so. If the purpose is to scare you or you feel scared that's of satan

"Has anyone else had eny weird experiences? "

Yup.

 

[Just1ce4all]

I see dead people.

 

[lucypevensie]

:lol:

 

[Redheaded Goddess]

Hahahha. Very funny.

 

[Schrack]

Toucan,

There are no such things as ghosts. If there really is any "supernatural" stuff going it is merely demonic activity. They only like for people to think they are ghosts (departed human souls). How do I know this? Because in Luke 16 we learn that when a person departs from this life he goes either to hell or paradise, and that is where he stays. A great gulf prevents spirits from leaving their eternal state. And by the way, true Christians need not fear any demons. The only one a Christian is told to fear is God.

And as for those who claim they can conjure up ghosts, remember the story about the witch at Endor. She had people believing that she was a medium and could bring up the dead, until one day God gave her a glimpse of what a real spirit was like, and then she nearly had a heart attack! The truth is, she couldn't bring up the dead because she was a fraud, just as all our modern day palm readers, or tarot card readers, psychics, and the rest. A bunch of frauds. And people are gullible still to believe them.

SchracktheBaptist

 

[lucypevensie]

I agree. If you think about it "ghost sightings" would be great opportunities for demons to distract people away from the real spirit world. Scare people into believing in ghosts when there are really more frightening things that are out there and are real.

 

[WWJD777]

Chech 2 Sam. Look for when saul see's a which. Samual's "ghost" apears.

 

[MikeMcK]

No such thing as ghosts.

 

[JeffreyLloyd]

I believe in ghosts...

 

[wonder111]

did you see this article?

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3760119/

whether you believe in ghosts or not, it's a good picture

 

[wonder111]

didn't the apostles say "it's a ghost" when they first saw Jesus on water?

ok here it is

Matthew 14:22-33 In the small hours Jesus went out to them, walking on the water of the lake. When the disciples caught sight of him walking on the water they were terrified. "It's a ghost!" they said, and screamed with fear. But at once Jesus spoke to them. "It's all right! It's I myself, don't be afraid!"

couldn't he have said 'it's all right! there's no such thing as ghosts?' (I know I'm reaching here)

 

[eldermike]

If there are ghosts, why are there not billions and billions of them? You should not be able to go anywhere without seeing them. It would not be an odd occurance to see a ghost, in fact it would be normal to see many of them every day. And, why would a ghost choose to live in an old house, why not a new one, and a big one with digital cable and plasma TV? Why an old one?

 

[Michelina]

I have seen a ghost.

I saw the ghost of a man I knew, in the evening of the day he died. I didn't know that he had died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at @2pm that day. He looked glorious and said that he was happy beyond description. I called his seminary and learned that he had died that day.

 

[Lotar]

Jaffa do not believe in such things.

 

[ElectricStorm]

I beleive in ghosts, if you don't all you're doing is playing with Satan and doubting that there are good and there are bad, sencerly think about it guys. If you can stand there and tell everybody they're not true then there shouldn't be a Satan. It's just like UFO's, just because nobody knows what they are doesn't mean they don't exist. I myself really beleive in UFO's, people tell me they're of the devil because they scare you. Tell me this, if a bear jumped out of the woods and scared you would that mean it's of Satan? Nope.

 

[Lotar]

Too bad there aren't more Stargate fans on this site. I suspect I will be the only one who laughed at my joke.

 

[ElectricStorm]

I was wondering if that was your name man, don't do that again.

 

[MariaRegina]

Let me tell you a true story:

A woman I know was telling me that at every wedding anniversary as she and her husband would hold up a glass of wine to toast another year, the glasses inevitably would shatter with wine flying everywhere staining clothing, the rug, and the tablecloth. It was getting routine. She has also been given lines of poetry while she slept, "An entity lives here..."

Not believing her, I volunteer to spend the night with her. Just around sunrise, I see her walking past "my" bedroom door into the restroom, the door has remained open because there is no central heating. I call out her name. She does not respond. Then she turns around and faces me. It's not the woman I know. I stare and this strange woman approaches the bed I lay in. I sit up stunned. Then I see right through her.

She disappears as I pull the sheet over my head in fear. I wait until the sunlight fills the room before I take the sheet off my eyes. As soon as I hear "normal" noises in the house, I get out of bed and run to the bathroom to get dressed. Over coffee I tell about my strange encounter. The lady of the house tells me, "Oh yeh, that's probably my step mom. You didn't believe me, did you? Now describe what she looked like." I told her that she was wearing a dark blue silk or polyester bathrobe, of the 1950-60 era, which had big white and pink orchids on it. This strange woman looks Swedish with her hair pinned up. Right away, the lady says, "Yes, that's her. She loved that bathrobe. She died a terrible death. Didn't want to die. Struggled to the last minute."

I said some prayers for that stepmom. That's what my gut feeling was -- she wanted me to pray for her as she shook her old finger at me just before disappearing as if to reprimand me for not praying for the dead.

So, yes, I do believe in ghosts. Wouldn't you?

 

[Icystwolf]

Toucan,

And by the way, true Christians need not fear any demons. The only one a Christian is told to fear is God.

Though it's true we need not fear demons, but until you've experienced a demon attack, you honestly can't understand how hard it is to do just that and how much fear is pumped into the heart...

As for the fear of God, Calvinism is probably the only theology that gives Christians a reason to truely fear God.... the others, Christians can let go without fearing God.