Do you believe in ghosts?
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I, personally, don’t know if ghosts exist or not, despite some anecdotal evidence that is purely conjecture from a residence where there was a feeling of an “other wordily” presence. This was a very old house (mud and stone construction) and the presence was felt by other inhabitants of the house as well. I mentioned it and there was immediate recognition that it was a female presence without my mentioning that. Strange! Anyway, the incident I am thinking of involves my wife, her father and a villager who in despair decided to end it all. He was an affable fellow, at least that was his outward appearance, but things got to be too much and he hanged himself. Unfortunately, my wife’s cousin came across his dead body hanging from an electrical pylon when she went out to feed the ducks one morning. Funeral rites were held and his body was cremated, in the Buddhist tradition. As a bit of background, the village is predominately Khmer, and some traditions predate Buddhism, and can best be described as animist. My house is on the edge of the village and on a typical day there are more, many more, buffalo and cows pass my house than cars or motorcycles. All of the animal traffic and most of the mechanized traffic occurs during daylight hours as the herds are moved from the barn to the grazing areas during the day and back in the evening. After this fellow decided to end it all there are no cars or motorcycles that pass after dark. Not that there were many before, but now there are none! When asked my wife she told me that people don’t come this way because of the ghosts! In fact her father doesn’t come over to watch TV in the dark any more because of the ghosts. My wife now asks me to accompany her when she goes out to the “Hong Nam” (toilet/bath house) to take a “shower” (bird bath) after dark. I asked why she wanted me to accompany her and her response was “aren’t you afraid of the ghosts?” [specifically this tortured soul that recently hung himself]”. She was appalled when I answered that “no I wasn’t” and that if he wanted to visit and have a drink I would be happy to drink with him. By way of background, we have 2 spirit houses (Katum Ta (Grandfather's Hut); in Khmer) on the property; one for our ancestors and one for any wandering, or traveling, spirits who need a place to stay. I told her that we -- me and this fellow -- were friends in life (we were cordial and did share many drinks in friendship when he was alive) so I didn’t fear him in the afterlife. My wife freaked
JimmyRopes wrote:
I realized that our belief systems are totally different (I knew that) and that she, and the other folks in the village, have a very different take on the supernatural.
Perception drives our reaction. Our belief, faith, experiences, knowledge, etc drive our perception. So, in your case, IMHO, is not a matter of believing in ghost or no, but it's your wife perception that a ghost can do harm to humna. Cheers, NH
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Everything seems supernatural until you find the explanation for it, correct? Starting with solar eclipse, incidents abound in history... Its just that you may not _yet_ know the cause.
Supernatural to me means literally outside of nature. Not outside of what we understand but outside of what physically exists. For instance I don't really understand how electricity works but I don't think electricity is supernatural. I just think I am too stupid to understand it*. If supernatural meant "Hell, I just don't understand that" then women would be far more supernatural than ghosts. :) * OK, to stop being a facetious idiot I don't think I am too stupid too understand. I just have never sat down and spent the time needed to understand electricity.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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JimmyRopes wrote:
Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes. There is one Holy Ghost and uncountable ghosts. The ghosts are evil spirits and have nothing to do with the dead. This evils spirits tries to validate the concept of a dead becoming a ghost, and it a larger context, the concept of reincarnation. Your wife is not doing anything special, it is all over and even here in Japan when many pray to the dead. There is even a special holidays in August here in Japan for this, and you may see them holding pictures of the dead father/mother in such places as World/Olympic games, and I know the Indians will tell you more stories. Evil spirits are real, I am an African and had been in that circle. Normally, they do not have the right to hurt you, unless your cross their way. Your wife's family have sold their rights to them (your spirit houses etc), so just do not get involved with it. We have had a similar situation back home in a university student's room, where a student kill a lady, and dumped the body somewhere. For a long time, the room could not be used by any other student, they leave the next day due to what they experience in the room. The Christians on the campus prayed, and cleared the room of those spirits. Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
Paul Selormey wrote:
The ghosts are evil spirits and have nothing to do with the dead
Paul Selormey wrote:
where a student kill a lady, and dumped the body somewhere. For a long time, the room could not be used by any other student, they leave the next day due to what they experience in the room
If they have nothing to do with they dead, why did killing someone unleash them to attack people in this room ?
Paul Selormey wrote:
The Christians on the campus prayed, and cleared the room of those spirits.
Did the spirits appear to them ? In what form ? What did they have to do, just say a prayer, or were the words important ? Why don't a bunch of Christians get together and do this to all spirits, everywhere in the world, say once a week, so this sort of stuff doesn't happen, even if no Christians are in the area. I don't believe any of this, just curious on how you make sense of it.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Supernatural to me means literally outside of nature. Not outside of what we understand but outside of what physically exists. For instance I don't really understand how electricity works but I don't think electricity is supernatural. I just think I am too stupid to understand it*. If supernatural meant "Hell, I just don't understand that" then women would be far more supernatural than ghosts. :) * OK, to stop being a facetious idiot I don't think I am too stupid too understand. I just have never sat down and spent the time needed to understand electricity.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
If supernatural meant "Hell, I just don't understand that" then women would be far more supernatural than ghosts.
:laugh:
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Supernatural to me means literally outside of nature. Not outside of what we understand but outside of what physically exists. For instance I don't really understand how electricity works but I don't think electricity is supernatural. I just think I am too stupid to understand it*. If supernatural meant "Hell, I just don't understand that" then women would be far more supernatural than ghosts. :) * OK, to stop being a facetious idiot I don't think I am too stupid too understand. I just have never sat down and spent the time needed to understand electricity.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Well, most clairvoyants are women. In the same way that my wife can tell things about people's emotional state that are lost on me, clairvoyants in my book, are sincere, but are just better again than most women at reading subtle clues when talking to people.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Well, most clairvoyants are women. In the same way that my wife can tell things about people's emotional state that are lost on me, clairvoyants in my book, are sincere, but are just better again than most women at reading subtle clues when talking to people.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Oh absolutely. It is still in the bounds of nature though IMO.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I believe there are things we cannot yet explain which we attribute to ghosts but that they are not supernatural. The Aurora Borealis, comets, meteors, super-novas etc. were all thought of as supernatural until their natural causes were found. Ghosts are either natural phenomenon or complex products of the mind.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
Paul Watson wrote:
Aurora Borealis
Try saying that to your girl friend quickly 10 times when your drunk!
"I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven."
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Paul Watson wrote:
Aurora Borealis
Try saying that to your girl friend quickly 10 times when your drunk!
"I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven."
She'd probably make me sleep on the couch for using another woman's name in vain.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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Aamir Butt wrote:
I often used to go alone there as well when my friend wasn't with me.
You didn't mention the time.
Aamir Butt wrote:
Those were the days....
How about now a days, don't you get a chance to visit a graveyard at night?
Best Regards, Mushq Mushtaque Ahmed Nizamani Software Engineer Ultimus Pakistan "English is my second language; please excuse any grammatical or spelling mistakes"
Mushq wrote:
You didn't mention the time.
(Adapting from Tamil Movies) 1) Midnight 12 'O' Clock. 2) With a background sound ("Oooooooo....oooo....oooo"). 3) Musical Walking of a female spirit. 4) Suddenly there is a furious wind. One particular grave automatically opens. 5) Amidst gust coming out of it, a tornado like figure strikes out into the atmosphere. :-D
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Norton Ghost was spooky enough. Does that count? I've terrified several times at the data-loss it has caused...
What I am up to: ReadyToGiveUp(Not!)[^] What friends are up to:SQLServerCentral[^]
code-frog wrote:
Norton Ghost
Evil Spirit. :mad:
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I, personally, don’t know if ghosts exist or not, despite some anecdotal evidence that is purely conjecture from a residence where there was a feeling of an “other wordily” presence. This was a very old house (mud and stone construction) and the presence was felt by other inhabitants of the house as well. I mentioned it and there was immediate recognition that it was a female presence without my mentioning that. Strange! Anyway, the incident I am thinking of involves my wife, her father and a villager who in despair decided to end it all. He was an affable fellow, at least that was his outward appearance, but things got to be too much and he hanged himself. Unfortunately, my wife’s cousin came across his dead body hanging from an electrical pylon when she went out to feed the ducks one morning. Funeral rites were held and his body was cremated, in the Buddhist tradition. As a bit of background, the village is predominately Khmer, and some traditions predate Buddhism, and can best be described as animist. My house is on the edge of the village and on a typical day there are more, many more, buffalo and cows pass my house than cars or motorcycles. All of the animal traffic and most of the mechanized traffic occurs during daylight hours as the herds are moved from the barn to the grazing areas during the day and back in the evening. After this fellow decided to end it all there are no cars or motorcycles that pass after dark. Not that there were many before, but now there are none! When asked my wife she told me that people don’t come this way because of the ghosts! In fact her father doesn’t come over to watch TV in the dark any more because of the ghosts. My wife now asks me to accompany her when she goes out to the “Hong Nam” (toilet/bath house) to take a “shower” (bird bath) after dark. I asked why she wanted me to accompany her and her response was “aren’t you afraid of the ghosts?” [specifically this tortured soul that recently hung himself]”. She was appalled when I answered that “no I wasn’t” and that if he wanted to visit and have a drink I would be happy to drink with him. By way of background, we have 2 spirit houses (Katum Ta (Grandfather's Hut); in Khmer) on the property; one for our ancestors and one for any wandering, or traveling, spirits who need a place to stay. I told her that we -- me and this fellow -- were friends in life (we were cordial and did share many drinks in friendship when he was alive) so I didn’t fear him in the afterlife. My wife freaked
I read some articles about them for example you can search about "queenmery ship"(Im not sure pronunciation is true or no).
WhiteSky
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Paul Selormey wrote:
The ghosts are evil spirits and have nothing to do with the dead
Paul Selormey wrote:
where a student kill a lady, and dumped the body somewhere. For a long time, the room could not be used by any other student, they leave the next day due to what they experience in the room
If they have nothing to do with they dead, why did killing someone unleash them to attack people in this room ?
Paul Selormey wrote:
The Christians on the campus prayed, and cleared the room of those spirits.
Did the spirits appear to them ? In what form ? What did they have to do, just say a prayer, or were the words important ? Why don't a bunch of Christians get together and do this to all spirits, everywhere in the world, say once a week, so this sort of stuff doesn't happen, even if no Christians are in the area. I don't believe any of this, just curious on how you make sense of it.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
If they have nothing to do with they dead, why did killing someone unleash them to attack people in this room ?
I think I have provide the reason, in my continuation of the statement.
Christian Graus wrote:
Did the spirits appear to them ? In what form ? What did they have to do, just say a prayer, or were the words important ?
1. No. 2. NA. 3. Command them, a Holy-Spirit filled Christians knows his rights and authority. 4. No (you know how to command someone you have right over to get out of a place). No special words or items like cross, Bibles, books or so-called holy/spiritual goods are needed. They did what the Lord Jesus Christ did, you want references in the Bible? I will be happy to give you.
Christian Graus wrote:
Why don't a bunch of Christians get together and do this to all spirits, everywhere in the world, say once a week, so this sort of stuff doesn't happen, even if no Christians are in the area.
The spirits have their rights to operate and have many human agents who provide them with the channel. An individual has a right to work with evil spirits and be possessed by them, and being a Christian does not grant you any right to expel them out of him/her. He/she will have to cross your path or gave you the right to. You can stop or hinder the flow of such spirits by prayer, that might explain why you see idol worshippers like Hindus, Islam and the like attacking and killing Christians - when it does not work spiritually they take to physical. Even that this is just for a while not permanent, so why will Christian just spent their time going after demons instead of the humans? In short, you deal with evil spirits on case by case basis, just like in the Bible. If they cross your way, you deal with them. We are not sent to go hunting demons.
Christian Graus wrote:
I don't believe any of this, just curious on how you make sense of it.
Cool, I cannot make you believe, but since you have claimed to be a Christian, you might wish to read your Bible to see similar instances - hoping you at least believe the Bible. Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
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I, personally, don’t know if ghosts exist or not, despite some anecdotal evidence that is purely conjecture from a residence where there was a feeling of an “other wordily” presence. This was a very old house (mud and stone construction) and the presence was felt by other inhabitants of the house as well. I mentioned it and there was immediate recognition that it was a female presence without my mentioning that. Strange! Anyway, the incident I am thinking of involves my wife, her father and a villager who in despair decided to end it all. He was an affable fellow, at least that was his outward appearance, but things got to be too much and he hanged himself. Unfortunately, my wife’s cousin came across his dead body hanging from an electrical pylon when she went out to feed the ducks one morning. Funeral rites were held and his body was cremated, in the Buddhist tradition. As a bit of background, the village is predominately Khmer, and some traditions predate Buddhism, and can best be described as animist. My house is on the edge of the village and on a typical day there are more, many more, buffalo and cows pass my house than cars or motorcycles. All of the animal traffic and most of the mechanized traffic occurs during daylight hours as the herds are moved from the barn to the grazing areas during the day and back in the evening. After this fellow decided to end it all there are no cars or motorcycles that pass after dark. Not that there were many before, but now there are none! When asked my wife she told me that people don’t come this way because of the ghosts! In fact her father doesn’t come over to watch TV in the dark any more because of the ghosts. My wife now asks me to accompany her when she goes out to the “Hong Nam” (toilet/bath house) to take a “shower” (bird bath) after dark. I asked why she wanted me to accompany her and her response was “aren’t you afraid of the ghosts?” [specifically this tortured soul that recently hung himself]”. She was appalled when I answered that “no I wasn’t” and that if he wanted to visit and have a drink I would be happy to drink with him. By way of background, we have 2 spirit houses (Katum Ta (Grandfather's Hut); in Khmer) on the property; one for our ancestors and one for any wandering, or traveling, spirits who need a place to stay. I told her that we -- me and this fellow -- were friends in life (we were cordial and did share many drinks in friendship when he was alive) so I didn’t fear him in the afterlife. My wife freaked
JimmyRopes wrote:
Do you believe in ghosts?
Of course yes. Whom do you think wrote Vista?
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->ßRÅhmmÃ<-·´¯`·.
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I, personally, don’t know if ghosts exist or not, despite some anecdotal evidence that is purely conjecture from a residence where there was a feeling of an “other wordily” presence. This was a very old house (mud and stone construction) and the presence was felt by other inhabitants of the house as well. I mentioned it and there was immediate recognition that it was a female presence without my mentioning that. Strange! Anyway, the incident I am thinking of involves my wife, her father and a villager who in despair decided to end it all. He was an affable fellow, at least that was his outward appearance, but things got to be too much and he hanged himself. Unfortunately, my wife’s cousin came across his dead body hanging from an electrical pylon when she went out to feed the ducks one morning. Funeral rites were held and his body was cremated, in the Buddhist tradition. As a bit of background, the village is predominately Khmer, and some traditions predate Buddhism, and can best be described as animist. My house is on the edge of the village and on a typical day there are more, many more, buffalo and cows pass my house than cars or motorcycles. All of the animal traffic and most of the mechanized traffic occurs during daylight hours as the herds are moved from the barn to the grazing areas during the day and back in the evening. After this fellow decided to end it all there are no cars or motorcycles that pass after dark. Not that there were many before, but now there are none! When asked my wife she told me that people don’t come this way because of the ghosts! In fact her father doesn’t come over to watch TV in the dark any more because of the ghosts. My wife now asks me to accompany her when she goes out to the “Hong Nam” (toilet/bath house) to take a “shower” (bird bath) after dark. I asked why she wanted me to accompany her and her response was “aren’t you afraid of the ghosts?” [specifically this tortured soul that recently hung himself]”. She was appalled when I answered that “no I wasn’t” and that if he wanted to visit and have a drink I would be happy to drink with him. By way of background, we have 2 spirit houses (Katum Ta (Grandfather's Hut); in Khmer) on the property; one for our ancestors and one for any wandering, or traveling, spirits who need a place to stay. I told her that we -- me and this fellow -- were friends in life (we were cordial and did share many drinks in friendship when he was alive) so I didn’t fear him in the afterlife. My wife freaked
I believe in money.:-D
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Christian Graus wrote:
If they have nothing to do with they dead, why did killing someone unleash them to attack people in this room ?
I think I have provide the reason, in my continuation of the statement.
Christian Graus wrote:
Did the spirits appear to them ? In what form ? What did they have to do, just say a prayer, or were the words important ?
1. No. 2. NA. 3. Command them, a Holy-Spirit filled Christians knows his rights and authority. 4. No (you know how to command someone you have right over to get out of a place). No special words or items like cross, Bibles, books or so-called holy/spiritual goods are needed. They did what the Lord Jesus Christ did, you want references in the Bible? I will be happy to give you.
Christian Graus wrote:
Why don't a bunch of Christians get together and do this to all spirits, everywhere in the world, say once a week, so this sort of stuff doesn't happen, even if no Christians are in the area.
The spirits have their rights to operate and have many human agents who provide them with the channel. An individual has a right to work with evil spirits and be possessed by them, and being a Christian does not grant you any right to expel them out of him/her. He/she will have to cross your path or gave you the right to. You can stop or hinder the flow of such spirits by prayer, that might explain why you see idol worshippers like Hindus, Islam and the like attacking and killing Christians - when it does not work spiritually they take to physical. Even that this is just for a while not permanent, so why will Christian just spent their time going after demons instead of the humans? In short, you deal with evil spirits on case by case basis, just like in the Bible. If they cross your way, you deal with them. We are not sent to go hunting demons.
Christian Graus wrote:
I don't believe any of this, just curious on how you make sense of it.
Cool, I cannot make you believe, but since you have claimed to be a Christian, you might wish to read your Bible to see similar instances - hoping you at least believe the Bible. Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
Paul Selormey wrote:
but since you have claimed to be a Christian, you might wish to read your Bible to see similar instances - hoping you at least believe the Bible.
I do believe the Bible, I regard the beliefs you're espousing to be a little bit of Bible and a lot of comic books. I've been a Christian for a long time, and never met anyone who has had any dealings with 'evil spirits'. It seems logical to me that if many people can be Christians without ever seeing evidence of them, while those who believe in such stuff see them frequently, or even from time to time, then this is evidence that the spirits exist only when they are part of the belief system of those 'encountering' them.
Paul Selormey wrote:
The spirits have their rights to operate and have many human agents who provide them with the channel.
This would be one example of something I don't believe you can show from the Bible.
Paul Selormey wrote:
An individual has a right to work with evil spirits and be possessed by them, and being a Christian does not grant you any right to expel them out of him/her. He/she will have to cross your path or gave you the right to.
I'm at a loss how all of this gels with the idea that someone was murdered, and thus spirits were able to attack people who didn't want anything to do with them, until you attacked them with prayer ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Richie308 wrote:
Did you know that reincarnation was initially an official part of Christianity, until the Vatican arbitrarily chose to eliminate it?
Can you prove this ? Reincarnation directly contracts the words of Jesus, and therefore have never been part of Christianity, nor could they be. Some sect may have believed it, but Jesus sure didn't. He gets dibs on defining Christianity.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
He gets dibs on defining Christianity.
Are you sure Jesus called it first?
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Paul Selormey wrote:
but since you have claimed to be a Christian, you might wish to read your Bible to see similar instances - hoping you at least believe the Bible.
I do believe the Bible, I regard the beliefs you're espousing to be a little bit of Bible and a lot of comic books. I've been a Christian for a long time, and never met anyone who has had any dealings with 'evil spirits'. It seems logical to me that if many people can be Christians without ever seeing evidence of them, while those who believe in such stuff see them frequently, or even from time to time, then this is evidence that the spirits exist only when they are part of the belief system of those 'encountering' them.
Paul Selormey wrote:
The spirits have their rights to operate and have many human agents who provide them with the channel.
This would be one example of something I don't believe you can show from the Bible.
Paul Selormey wrote:
An individual has a right to work with evil spirits and be possessed by them, and being a Christian does not grant you any right to expel them out of him/her. He/she will have to cross your path or gave you the right to.
I'm at a loss how all of this gels with the idea that someone was murdered, and thus spirits were able to attack people who didn't want anything to do with them, until you attacked them with prayer ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Christian Graus wrote:
I do believe the Bible, I regard the beliefs you're espousing to be a little bit of Bible and a lot of comic books.
I thought you were going to ask for instances in the Bible which you claim to believe. I do not have or read comic books, I wish I have the time anyway.
Christian Graus wrote:
books. I've been a Christian for a long time, and never met anyone who has had any dealings with 'evil spirits'.
:laugh::laugh::laugh: I was living in that deception too, remember as Jesus said not everyone saying Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I was borned into that deception, and you could imagine how long those who gave birth to me are in it, at least twice yours! If you leave in deception, that is the world of the devil, he already has you, and you will not crash with him. He is after those outside his world.
Christian Graus wrote:
It seems logical to me that if many people can be Christians without ever seeing evidence of them, while those who believe in such stuff see them frequently, or even from time to time, then this is evidence that the spirits exist only when they are part of the belief system of those 'encountering' them.
If I had your logical mind, I will not even believe someone calling himself Jesus Christ could be born to a virgin, or died and is risen. Sorry, I did not study that much logic. The Jesus you claim to believe cast out demons from people, or how did your pastor or logical mind interpret that?
Christian Graus wrote:
This would be one example of something I don't believe you can show from the Bible.
In order not to waste time on your believe, please let me know which you are having problem with; the right of the spirits or the existence of human agents?
Christian Graus wrote:
I'm at a loss how all of this gels with the idea that someone was murdered, and thus spirits were able to attack people who didn't want anything to do with them, until you attacked them with prayer ?
A crime was commited and it opened the channel for the devil to come and to preach its lies. It falls in the same master plan, he uses any means available, and to be plain your pastor/minister who is keeping you ignorant of the knowledge of God is in the same business. Best regards, Pau
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JimmyRopes wrote:
Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes. There is one Holy Ghost and uncountable ghosts. The ghosts are evil spirits and have nothing to do with the dead. This evils spirits tries to validate the concept of a dead becoming a ghost, and it a larger context, the concept of reincarnation. Your wife is not doing anything special, it is all over and even here in Japan when many pray to the dead. There is even a special holidays in August here in Japan for this, and you may see them holding pictures of the dead father/mother in such places as World/Olympic games, and I know the Indians will tell you more stories. Evil spirits are real, I am an African and had been in that circle. Normally, they do not have the right to hurt you, unless your cross their way. Your wife's family have sold their rights to them (your spirit houses etc), so just do not get involved with it. We have had a similar situation back home in a university student's room, where a student kill a lady, and dumped the body somewhere. For a long time, the room could not be used by any other student, they leave the next day due to what they experience in the room. The Christians on the campus prayed, and cleared the room of those spirits. Best regards, Paul.
Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.
No intent to sound insulting, but: Your post reminds me in form (and substance) like one of those e-mails that are supposed to be sent to everyone you know. Consider the following: placebo medications are typically 30% effective during drug trials - particularly those for medications that bring relief rather than cure. That is a amazingtestament to the mind's ability to create what it wishes to perceive. If someone wants to believe in ghosts and haunting, then they'll asign appropriate cause to observed (and unobserved) effects. Without fail, the mystical world relies upon anecdotal 'accounts', unwitnessed 'facts', and most importantly neglect of contradictory evidence. Apparently, in the world of mysticism, cherry picking data is always in season.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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Well, most clairvoyants are women. In the same way that my wife can tell things about people's emotional state that are lost on me, clairvoyants in my book, are sincere, but are just better again than most women at reading subtle clues when talking to people.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
There is a NOVA that proves exactly what you have posted:
Christian Graus wrote:
just better . . . at reading subtle clues when talking to people
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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I, personally, don’t know if ghosts exist or not, despite some anecdotal evidence that is purely conjecture from a residence where there was a feeling of an “other wordily” presence. This was a very old house (mud and stone construction) and the presence was felt by other inhabitants of the house as well. I mentioned it and there was immediate recognition that it was a female presence without my mentioning that. Strange! Anyway, the incident I am thinking of involves my wife, her father and a villager who in despair decided to end it all. He was an affable fellow, at least that was his outward appearance, but things got to be too much and he hanged himself. Unfortunately, my wife’s cousin came across his dead body hanging from an electrical pylon when she went out to feed the ducks one morning. Funeral rites were held and his body was cremated, in the Buddhist tradition. As a bit of background, the village is predominately Khmer, and some traditions predate Buddhism, and can best be described as animist. My house is on the edge of the village and on a typical day there are more, many more, buffalo and cows pass my house than cars or motorcycles. All of the animal traffic and most of the mechanized traffic occurs during daylight hours as the herds are moved from the barn to the grazing areas during the day and back in the evening. After this fellow decided to end it all there are no cars or motorcycles that pass after dark. Not that there were many before, but now there are none! When asked my wife she told me that people don’t come this way because of the ghosts! In fact her father doesn’t come over to watch TV in the dark any more because of the ghosts. My wife now asks me to accompany her when she goes out to the “Hong Nam” (toilet/bath house) to take a “shower” (bird bath) after dark. I asked why she wanted me to accompany her and her response was “aren’t you afraid of the ghosts?” [specifically this tortured soul that recently hung himself]”. She was appalled when I answered that “no I wasn’t” and that if he wanted to visit and have a drink I would be happy to drink with him. By way of background, we have 2 spirit houses (Katum Ta (Grandfather's Hut); in Khmer) on the property; one for our ancestors and one for any wandering, or traveling, spirits who need a place to stay. I told her that we -- me and this fellow -- were friends in life (we were cordial and did share many drinks in friendship when he was alive) so I didn’t fear him in the afterlife. My wife freaked
The human race should really be over this kind of stuff by now! Paranormal events (along with religion) are man-made superstitions that were created to put meaning behind the huge gaps in understanding that existed in the infancy of mankind. I'd like to think we have 'grown up' and realized that science and reason are the only things that have gotten us this far and the only things that will move us forward (and that anything else would only hinder this process). Shawn Lawsure