Comments on: I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:05:51 +0000

I guess ghosts exist, somewhere, somehow in one plane or another, maybe some folks here can conjure up visions of them, I certainly wouldn’t want to.

The official-tell-the-kids story? There’s no such thing as ghosts. Makes the nights go much more smoothly for us all.

By: Reon

Reon — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:47:59 +0000

Thanks to all for your responses. I’m still baffled by the whole thing a little b/c I’v always assumed that when you die, your spirit either goes to Heaven or Hell, period. End of story (in an earthly sense, anyway). But when I go to find a passage of scripture that confirms that, I can’t think of much.

I did come to Luke 16:19-21. The Ryrie Bible has this to say about the passage:

16:23 Hades. The unseen world in general, but specifically here the abode of the unsaved dead between death and judgement at the great white throne (Rev.20: 11-15). In this saying the Lord taught: 1)conscious existence after death; 2)the reality and torment of hell; 3)no second chance after death; and 4)the impossibility of the dead communicating with the living.

Assuming Ryrie is correct, the “abode of the unsaved dead” could possibly transcend Earth. But the concept of “the impossibility of the dead communicating with the living” leaves me to ask some more questions. Can we equate visibility of the dead with communication with the dead? Does Ryrie’s interpretation fully line up with scripture (didn’t Moses, Elijah and the aforementioned Samuel make after-death appearances)?

If anyone has any other thoughts on what happens to the unsaved after death and the state of ghostliness, I’d love to hear it. I’m assuming that the saved don’t hang out on Earth after death in spirit form. Some may think differently. Thoughts?

By: Jungle Pop

Jungle Pop — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:54:11 +0000

Well, we do have one documented ghost sighting in the Bible. In 1 Sam 28, the prophet Samuel makes a from-the-grave appearance to King Saul (1 Sam 28:12-19). So God allows it…or at least did one time.

Of course, what would be the purpose of God allowing Abe Lincoln to wander the White House corridors, for example? I don’t know. But I’m more inclined to say that ghosts are real things. Maybe they’re really the spirits of the bodies they represent, or maybe they’re demons wandering the earth in humanish form.

There. It’s my limb and I’ll be out on it if I want to.

By: Rey

Rey — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:29:23 +0000

I’m not sure if it’s a tormented spirit of a dead human but I wouldn’t doubt roaming spirits or the like especially since Jesus discussed that sort of thing. If one of these things appears as a relative that wouldn’t surprise me either. I guess some might call them ghosts, others Thetans but they’re pretty much of the same stuff. Ectoplasm. Heh.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:04:18 +0000

“So I ask you, our loyal but few readers, what’s up with the paranormal?”

My profound contribution:

It exists.