Is there such thing as spirits??

Question

Hi Y'all!! I woz a proper sceptic until i went to see a medium. I went to give moral support to my friend but the woman told me that my dad was there n wanted to talk to me. (My dad died before i was born.) She told me all about his car accident n that i had moved his picture from the shelf it had been on. Which was tru i had moved it the week before i went to her!! Anyhoo ever since i've been to c her my dad's pic keeps moving all over the house. It doesn't scare me or anyt but i'm fascinated and wud love to hear similiar stories if you have any x x x

Answer 1

i have many similar stories Dolly
i have had many readings and gave many readings .... and all were wonderful
some mediums are not as developed as others ... and yes some are fake
but there are good ones out there and it sounds like you found one of those wonderful ones who gave you great evidence
it is wonderful to know dad is still around xxxx

Answer 2

The truth about the condition of the dead is clearly stated in the Bible. But who tried to deceive the first human pair about death? Satan contradicted God’s warning that disobedience would bring death. (Gen. 3:4; Rev. 12:9) In time, of course, it became obvious that humans did die as God said they would. Reasonably, then, who was responsible for inventing the idea that humans really do not die but that some spirit part of man survives the death of the body? Such a deception fits Satan the Devil, whom Jesus described as “the father of the lie.” (John 8:44; see also 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 10.) Belief that the dead are really alive in another realm and that we can communicate with them has not benefited mankind. On the contrary, Revelation 18:23 says that, by means of the spiritistic practices of Babylon the Great, “all the nations were misled.” The spiritistic practice of ‘talking with the dead’ is actually a fraudulent deception that can put people in contact with the demons (angels that became selfish rebels against God) and often leads to a person’s hearing unwanted voices and being harassed by those wicked spirits.

Answer 3

I once fell asleep and stopped breathing, I heard a knock at the door and got up and walked over to see who was at the door and I beheld an angelic personage!
when i walked back to my bed I had to forcefully start breathing again and i heard the knock at the door again, and when i walked to open the door all i saw was a 12 or 13 year old boy looking for a mutual freind.
I saw what I saw! it looked like a spirit being that smiled back at me and at the same time floated above the ground even while there was someone physical at the door. It must also be considered that I had stopped breathing and had a spirit that walked away from my own body

Answer 4

Well, hey i have similar stories to tell u. Well my grandpa died the day after i visited him in hospital. It was really sad when it happened. The after his death some freaky stuff happened in my house. Well something was scrachting my shower curtain my soda was moving by it self the whole house smelled like pipe smoke because my grandpa smoked pipe. Then my grandpa old phone starts to ring out of no where and it wasent even connected. And i saw a shawdow of a man sitting.So spirits do exists!!!!!!

Answer 5

As a sceptic, you might want to read proper literature against this kind of experiences, from an Orthodox Christian standpoint:

http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/threshold/occult.shtml

Excerpt from the article:

Note: A special danger to spiritual health is represented by that school of the occult which advises a method for opening the fountain of energy within man himself. According to this teaching, every person, having adapted to himself a specific technique, can develop in himself great receptivity to the outer and inner world, to save and reestablish health in himself and others, to learn how to be connected up to any information, to open the third eye, to perform astral travels, to learn to unveil his chakras (a Sanskrit word relating to the energy centers of the human auric (atmospheric) field corresponding to the human endocrine system). Having opened the chakra with the help of special methods in order to free psychic energies that offer boundless possibilities, the claim is that a person can be placed on a par with the gods — possessing clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, and so forth. Nevertheless, the masters themselves in this field warn that the opening of the bio-forces in oneself bears serious consequences. A detailed examination of this topic goes beyond the scope of this article. We shall indicate only that people who are occupied in opening the chakras within themselves sometimes irreparably damage their psyche.

Answer 6

Many witches do not believe in spirits, and most if not all reject belief in a literal Devil or demons. Naturally, therefore, they reject the idea that sorcery and divination are accomplished by the agency of evil spirits. Many offer naturalistic explanations for the working of magic and divination and other "psychic technologies." On the whole, the occult community today has expanded its definition of "the natural" to incorporate elements that were earlier considered supernatural, placing them in the category of the super- or paranormal instead. Yet, they are still involved in the "old ways" -- that is, the occult.

Now You See it, Now You Don't

What has happened in the occult world in the past two or more decades is just what C. S. Lewis described in his classic work, The Screwtape Letters -- which portrays an experienced demon (Screwtape) writing letters of advice to a novice demon (Wormwood):

I have great hopes that we shall learn in due time how to emotionalize and mythologize their science to such an extent that what is, in effect, a belief in us, (though not under that name) will creep in while the human mind remains closed to belief in the Enemy [i.e., God]. The "Life Force," the worship of sex, and some aspects of Psychoanalysis, may here prove useful. If once we can produce our perfect work -- the Materialist Magician, the man, not using, but veritably worshipping, what he vaguely calls "Forces" while denying the existence of "spirits" -- then the end of the war will be in sight.[1]

Lewis's insights on the insidious strategy of Satan -- the archenemy of our souls -- appear to have been right on target in regard to modern occultism.[2]

When observations like Lewis's are made, however, it is not uncommon to hear remarks to the effect that Christians attribute to the supernatural everything they cannot comprehend -- if it cannot be understood, it must be the Devil. However, this charge is unwarranted.

While it is unfortunately true that some Christians tend to hyperspiritualize events and exclaim "the Devil did it," or "the Devil made me do it," this is certainly not the case with all. Many Christians have pointed out alleged demonic (or divine) occurrences which were -- in fact -- instances of fraud, anomalies, psychosomatic phenomena, auto- or heterosuggestion, and so forth.[3] Such Christians have demystified baffling occurrences and accounted for them by their natural causes.

Black, White, or Neutral?

The critical question is, What is the actual source or causal agent(s) of the occult (i.e., of divination, sorcery, and spiritism)? Some witches like to make a distinction between black and white magic/sorcery and divination. They claim that sorcery or divination performed for unselfish and/or "benevolent" purposes (to help others) is good. Thus, magic done with good intentions and desired results is classified as white magic. Conversely, sorcery performed with selfish and/or malevolent motives and means (to harm others) is classified as black magic.

Other witches deny the validity of this distinction or find it useless. Since they regard magic as a natural force they view it as morally neutral (i.e., not intrinsically good or evil). Like electricity, some say, magic can be used for good or evil -- but just as one would not speak of black or white electricity, one should not do so with magic either.

Christians too deny the validity of a distinction between black and white magic or divination, albeit for entirely different reasons. Whether called black, white, negative, or positive -- any such distinction is illegitimate. Where the Christian and all witches disagree is on the ultimate source, the actual identity, the who or what behind the scenes of the occult.

It is the Christian's conviction that despite all their magical theories, witches (and all other occultists) have failed to grasp the true source of the occult. I therefore offer the following biblical perspective on their beliefs and practices.

WHAT SAYS THE WORD?

Since witches do not generally accept the teachings of the Bible, we will not spend much time on a biblical critique.[4] However, even a cursory review of Scripture is enough to demonstrate that the beliefs and practices of witches are utterly incompatible with the Bible. Witches who honestly examine the Scriptural testimony will have no choice but to admit that the Bible condemns their beliefs and practices.

In fact, Scripture gives a blanket condemnation of all forms of the occult -- divination, sorcery, and spiritism -- in diverse passages throughout the Old and New Testaments. For instance, in Deuteronomy 18:10-12 God's view of occultism is expressed in the following warning: "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD..."

Answer 7

I worship the spirit Jack Daniels

Answer 8

Sorry to bust your bubble, but that was not your Dad she was chatting with.
That was a type of spirit known as a familiar. And, yes; they are real. They are also dangerous. Don't let your fascination or curiosity put you into a place where you open the door to infestation.

Answer 9

As a Christian I have witnessed spirits and saw there actions and felt them. Nothing to be scared off if your a Christian just cast them out!!!!

Answer 10

We are all spirits we have a soul and we live in a physical body.