Christianity and ghosts/spirits?

Question

To all Christianity people,If i remember right,if you belive in god that means you dont belive in ghosts?

Because jesus said that you can only go through him to see the dead,or something like that??

So can you tell me why people have seen them,and the tv programmes that you watch like most haunted etc

where you can hear the knockings,voices etc

and what about mediums ok some are fake but what about the ones that are not and can hear spirts

Im sitting on the wall when someone asks me do i belive in god.

But if someone said do you belive in ghosts i would say well i think i do,ive heared them seen things happen
Can you explain the ouijja board,the moving of the glass

Thank you in advance

I dont want anyone to reply to this who is not a Christian.

Also you cant say that god can out cast the evil ones,so you saying that all ghosts are evil? even children somehow i dont think so

Answer 1

I'm a Christian and I do believe in Ghosts, which is not a very popular belief around that group. lol But hey... I have a brain and I decide what I believe and what I don't. I don't need a minister (priest in my case) spouting what he was taught in school and expecting me to believe it without question.

As far as Ouija boards, I think they are a bad idea. I believe it is possible to speak to spirits, but it's like leaving all the doors to your house open and posting a sign in the front yard that says "Com on in!!!" You don't know what/who you are talking to and I think a lot of lower level spirits are what you are getting. They are much safer if you protect yourself, but I think that many people don't.

I love ghost shows, love to record EVPs (I've gotten many, many of them), and have even had 2 readings by a medium to talk to my mom.

I believe in Heaven and in God, but I also think that the world/planes include a lot more than many people think. I think there is so much that we don't understand and that the veil between this world and the next is much thinner than most believe.

I have seen spirits, heard them, recorded them... even our house is very haunted. Many Christians will tell you that if any of this occurs that you are dealing with demons - I don't believe it (although that is possible to). I think you are still dealing with people that have crossed over.

Answer 2

As a former Christian, hopefully you'll accept my answer. The ouija board could be explained by subconscious action on the part of those touching the planchette. This is part of a psychological effect akin to suggestion and also like-mindedness and communion on the part of the players. Humans have similiar thought patterns, and friends who play with a Ouija board even more so, because they know their own circle of secrets. It is suggestion and the invocation of the fear inherent in the idea that this might just be spirits telling us this stuff. The test is whether a Ouija board tells you something none of the players could possibly know independently that could be verified outside the experiment. Of course, it is questionable whether this would prove spirits or clairvoyance. So the experiment would have to be better structured.

On the subject of ghosts, I believe there may be energy traces that appear in ghostly fashion, but our conception of ghosts is not complete. If they are traces, they may not be entities but rather energy phenomena that have the appearance of human form, thus suggesting to us that they are returned human spirits. It is hard to prove this one way or another but the fact that the entities perform repetitive actions and move through structures that are newer would be suggestive.

The jury is out on whether ghosts are actually the dead or whether they are simply energy patterns that remind us of people who have passed.

I suppose what I am getting at is that you can't trust appearances, and what you think may be spirits may not be that at all. I would not base your faith on things that may or may not be true based on factual evidence, since science has proven that what seems true in the past is often proven either false or more complex than first thought. Faith is faith and does not depend on evidence that can be seen. But you do need to determine what works for you. I personally do not hold to a system, because that closes the mind and defeats the search for truth.

Answer 3

The Bible is quite clear that there ARE supernatural forces at work in the world--Satan and his demons as well as angels. We are told to test the "spirits" and see whether it is the Holy Spirit dealing with us or an evil spirit. The book of Hebrews also speaks of us being careful to be hospitable to strangers, for "some have entertained angels unawares." --I don't believe this manifestation would look supernatural, but rather the angel would appear as a normal person.

There is a story about Saul consulting a medium (the witch of Endor) which was against God, and the medium (much to her surprise) called up the ghost of Samuel, who condemned Saul for this act and correctly predicted his demise. In this case it sounds like God allowed this manifestation that either actually WAS or appeared to be a ghost to get His point across.

I believe it's quite possible for Satan and demons to "pose" as ghosts and other supernatural phenomena. It's just that the Bible is quite clear that we are to have nothing to do with occultic practices. In many cases, these phenomena are hoaxes used for profit. Initiating, participating, and/or believing these is a sin because you are contributing to the deceit. In other cases, who knows, it's just best as a Christian to abstain from all evil and God calls such things evil.

I've experienced things I can't explain as well. I have quit going looking for them on purpose, but I still enjoy reading Stephen King books and occasionally watching documentaries on supernatural phenomena. I simply look at them from a Christian worldview and try to discern things in light of what I understand about how God is at work in the world today through His Holy Spirit, and how Satan is at work in the world today through his evil spirits, or demons.

So I guess the best way to say it is that I believe what the Bible says about ghosts--which is not quite the same as NOT believing in them.

Answer 4

If you remember King Saul you should know that he consulted a medium that inquired of Samuel's 'ghost.'

As such the occurrence of ghosts is not disputed by Christians or by the Bible. What is disputed is what they are.

The Bible teaches that the dead are no more. Thus the 'ghosts' are not what they make believe. These ghosts are caused by mimics, demons, that because of watching us can mimic a person. In the same way that Satan used an animal to make Eve believe it was speaking to her, demons speak through mediums or make ghost like appearances.

The whole point with this charade is to make the general population believe that the dead are not dead -- just as Satan, the original serpent, told Eve in that first lie that caused her true eternal death.

Answer 5

I am not Christian at all, but just wanted to say that even though I do think there is a chance of ghosts being real, until I see or feel the presence of one on my own, I can't know definitely. The shows and the books are cool and interesting, but how do you know what's true. Maybe someone in the background is controlling certain things.

I don't know, I just found your question interesting and wanted to make everyone think. It would definitely be cool if they really did exist though, I'm a horror writer and that would be totally awesome!

Answer 6

If ghosts are supposed to be spiritual parts of people left over when they die, then they DO NOT EXIST.
The Bible denies the idea.

(Ecclesiastes 9:5-6) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten. 6 Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun.

(2 Timothy 3:16-17) All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

The Bible also warns us to NOT try and contact the dead. Because there are no dead to contact, and because you can open up a pathway for demons. It is demons who work the ouija board..

(Deuteronomy 18:10-12) There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, 11 or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead. 12 For everybody doing these things is something detestable to Jehovah, and on account of these detestable things Jehovah your God is driving them away from before you.

(Leviticus 19:31) “‘Do not turn yourselves to the spirit mediums, and do not consult professional foretellers of events, so as to become unclean by them. I am Jehovah YOUR God.

Answer 7

No ghosts,but legions of demons.To be absent from the body is yo be present with the Lord.I have never seen a board glass move,other than the person moving it,if it does again evil demons.

Answer 8

Believing in God means to believe that there is a whole spiritual world. The idea of ghosts and demons is completely in line with the Bible.

Many Christians deny their existence simply because they have never experienced them and consider the thought improbable.

Answer 9

Well it's funny how you say that when you go through Jesus you will see the dead, the bible doesn't even state that, you're twisting words
Ghost that you talk about is basically portrayed by the media, and media is into entertaining but never caring thats why everyone is so f*d up nowadays.
And say if a christian doesn't believe in ghost, don't you think that there are Lucifer's angel that pretend to portray whoever you want him to be?

Answer 10

I forgot who said it, and I'm probably misquoting it anyway, but there is more to this universe than you or I could possibly dream of.

The Bible warns us that we should not seek out spirit guides or seek for advice from the dead or talk to the dead or pray to the dead or seek advice from any other than God.

God will NEVER steer you wrong, so if any other "source" of guidance tells you something contrary to God's Word, then it obviously IS steering you wrong.

The point is, the Bible doesn't say that these things do NOT exist, it says that we should steer clear for our own spiritual safety, and avoid them at all cost (not because they go "bump in the night", but because they can lead a person straight into hell.)

What exactly they are, is undefined. We just know that they are evil for all intents and purposes.