Do you believe in ghosts?

[bodhigirlsmiles]

as i am fairly new to lds.net, i realize that this topic may have been considered before, but i am curious....do you believe in ghosts? if so, what do you suppose them to be?

[Moksha]

Real spooky


The majority of people here believe in the Holy Ghost or Spirit.

[Dr T]

huh, I've never seen it that way Mok. I see those a different for some reason. hmmm, something for me to think about. Thank you

[Heavenguard]

The general idea of a ghost being the spirit or soul of someone who has died - nope, don't believe it. Why? Because the Bible paints the picture that after you die, you go to one place or the other. (The rich man and Lazarus, Enoch and Elijah went to be with God - skipped death altogether!)

I do believe in spirits, however, and that the ones that people believe are the ghosts of their loved ones are truly evil ones up to no good, leading people astray.

[MrsHart]

Originally Posted by Heavenguard

The general idea of a ghost being the spirit or soul of someone who has died - nope, don't believe it. Why? Because the Bible paints the picture that after you die, you go to one place or the other. (The rich man and Lazarus, Enoch and Elijah went to be with God - skipped death altogether!)

I do believe in spirits, however, and that the ones that people believe are the ghosts of their loved ones are truly evil ones up to no good, leading people astray.

This actually makes me feel better, since I tend to freak myself out at night whenever I'm home alone, and worrying that there might be a ghost in the room or something.

But now I'm worried about evil spirits! Eeek!

[pam]

I don't know..I tend to believe in something along that line. Perhaps not a ghost but the spirit of someone who passed away.

I remember about 15 years ago a guy I went to high school with passed away. He had been living with his brother up until the time of his death (who was also a good friend of mine). After Marcus passed away Andy could still feel him in the house. Things that belonged to Marcus would be moved. Lights would turn on. Once Andy announced out loud..Marcus your time on earth is done. You need to move on...never had anything happen again.

I've always believed that there could be times that a spirit gets caught between here and the next place.

Disclaimer: this is only the gospel of pam

[Palerider]

......there are people that claim they see them...

[MrsHart]

Originally Posted by Palerider

......there are people that claim they see them...

I admit that I've seen one (it was the scariest and ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life), but it didn't seem to be aware of my presence. It was like...like when you're looking at someone, and they're not aware that you're there looking at them. Just thinking about it gives me the heebie-jeebies!

Yet, I contradict myself by refusing to believe in this kind of stuff. LOL

[pam]

Originally Posted by Palerider

......there are people that claim they see them...

remember jbs from the old days?

[a-train]

Every human that has ever died is either resurrected or remains a ghost to this day. They are all around us, billions of them. With them are also an unknown number of spirits who are yet to have been born and even more who are on this earth but will never be born. We are ghosts in a body. There is nothing scary or evil about it.

That said, necromancy is against the commandments of the LORD. Most of it is foolishness and phony anyway.

-a-train

I did like the Poltergeist movie.