Do You Believe In Ghosts?

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  1. Lon Tanner

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    No I do not believe in Ghosts of any kind. Just not logical
     
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    I'm not sure whether I believe in ghosts or not. Seems like there are some suspicious unexplained happenings, though.
     
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    Such a good story relating to 'Bird' @Ken Anderson
    Reminds me of the 'Stone tape theory' which I do believe. A home/building will absorb strong emotions good and bad
    sometimes the emotions are re-played, which is why many sightings of 'ghosts' in old buildings are the same, seeing
    a person doing the same thing each time.
    I pasted the Stone tape theory, although you have probably heard of it .......

    The Stone Tape theory is the speculation that ghosts and hauntings are analogous to tape recordings, and that mental impressions during emotional or traumatic events can be projected in the form of energy, "recorded" onto rocks and other items and "replayed" under certain conditions. The idea draws inspiration and shares similarities with views of 19th-century intellectualists and psychic researchers, such as Charles Babbage, Eleonor Sidgwick and Edmund Gurney. Contemporarily, the concept was popularized by a 1972 Christmas ghost story called The Stone Tape, produced by the BBC.[1][2] Following the play's popularity, the idea and the term "stone tape" were retrospectively and inaccurately attributed to the British archaeologist turned parapsychologistT. C. Lethbridge, who believed that ghosts were not spirits of the deceased, but were simply non-interactive recordings similar to a movie.
     
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    In other words, logic just doesn’t apply to some things.
     
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    I do believe that there is something, but what exactly a ghost is, or where it comes from, I don’t know. There are enough verifiable reports of people having seen a ghost, or interacted with one in some way, that I think that the phenomenon is real.
    I wish that my Chipper would run around my house, but he doesn’t. One night, after I went to bed, I felt him sleeping on my lower legs and feet , where he always slept. It was before Poodle was sleeping there, so I know that it was not him that I felt.

    My mom told me about going to a church meeting, and they had 3 nuns a from somewhere that were speaking that night. She said that the face of one of the nuns suddenly changed and turned into a skull face, and then changed back again. She had no idea why or how that happened, but she said it shook her up pretty bad.
     
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    Yes, I certainly do. Assuming that you define ghosts as spirits, as a Christian I can assure you that angels exist - I have experienced it myself, and have no doubts at all. (the story is too long to relate here, but it saved my life after a severe bike wreck, and I woke up in ER with bleeding on my frontal lobe)

    The bible also verifies that they are "ministering spirits".
    Jesus said, after appearing to his disciples after his resurrection "...Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." (Luke 24:39)

    Also: "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?" (Heb 1:14)

    Another thing that gives me comfort is that followers of Jesus will get an "escort to Abraham's side" (heaven) as stated in the account of the rich man and Lazarus.
    The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side" (Luke 16:22)

    I also enjoyed reading several years ago Billy Graham's book Angels. There are credible accounts there where angels took on human form for various purposes.
     
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    Angels, though, were created prior to and separate from human beings. Do you believe that dead people can come back as ghosts?
     
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    No. The last ghost I saw was Casper.
     
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    No, dead people can't come back as ghosts, but there is a world of "... the rulers of the darkness of this world..." which we wrestle against, according to scripture. In other words, satan has his cohorts, making attacks on the believers (i.e. the demonic world)
     
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    The spirit/soul lives on, we chose to call an apparition 'ghost'
    The body is just a shell that houses our spirit
     
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    Marvelous story about Bird, Ken. Just to clarify, when you say 'crawlspace', to me that means the unfinished attic or space completely under the house ( in the dirt ). You are meaning a somewhat finished basement, I assume.
    I hope it was Bird trying to get you to play. That means I'll have lots of dog and cat ( and hamster? ) company in the afterlife.
     
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    Yes, that's what it is. My crawlspace is accessed through a trapdoor under the stairs. There is an area just around the entrance where it's possible to stand. Accessing anything else requires crawling or, in some places, sliding on your back. The canned stuff is on a crude shelf near the entrance.
     
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    It is logical in hollywood to promote Casper, a ghost. They make millions, billions, or however much doing so for so-called entertainment, don't they ?
     
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    No.
    I agree with Smith Wigglesworth whenever hasatan or a demon occurs - there is no fear at all, not even a little bit - just roll over and go back to sleep, or send it on its way in Jesus' Name and go back to doing whatever is needed to be done. No worries at all, nothing to fear.

    Whenever a good angel, one of the Father's Messengers appears, though, listen to what He Says - it is important.
     
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