I don't, but I believe in something SIMILAR to them. Spirits, but only good ones. I believe when they go to heaven God or Jesus may let them come back to earth for a brief period of time to check on family and freinds. Those whom go to hell are banished to hell forever. :) Then again, that is my belief.
2007-11-30 13:34:24 · 21 answers · asked by Mickey 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do believe in ghosts -- but they are not the spirits of dead humans. Instead, they are manifestations of the devil and his fallen angels. Their goal is to convince humanity of an immortal soul and life after death without God.
You see, hell is not currently a real place. Also, we have neither a spirit nor a soul -- in the spiritual sense. We *are* a living soul -- we don't *have* one (Gen. 2:7; 1Cor. 15:45). The Bible formula for a living soul:
Dust of the Ground + Breath of Life = A Living Soul
We also don't *have* the spiritual concept of a "spirit." The word "rûach" translated in the Bible into the English word "spirit" (Eccl 12:7) is referring to the Breath of Life given to us by God.
H7307 (רוּח) rûach (roo'-akh)
From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation;
H7306 (רוּח) rûach (roo'-akh)
A primitive root; properly to blow, that is, breathe;
Without the Breath, we are just plain dead -- back to the Dust of the Ground (Gen. 3:19; Psalms 104:29). The Bible formula for death:
A Living Soul - Breath of Life = Dust of the Ground
Jesus does promise us an after-life, though. For more Bible information on this topic, see the following references.
2007-11-30 13:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by ♫DaveC♪♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eccl. 9:5, 6, 10: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all . . . 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. All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol [the grave], the place to which you are going.”
Ghosts are not dead people, they are demons pretending to be dead people. The Devil encourages this to propogate the idea that we have an immortal spirit being inside us, which the scripture I quoted clearly shows we do not.
2007-11-30 21:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good luck with that thought. We are all spirits couped up in fleshy packages waiting for our expiration dates to expire. Like a butterfly in a cocoon some day we will shed our coverings and fly free into the next world. Or not. i haven't figured out which is right yet. Have a nice day.
2007-11-30 21:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes but I don't know much about them or if they are even ghost in the classical sense of the spirits of the dead.
2007-11-30 21:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by Rational Humanist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are no such things as ghosts. There are demons and angels. The ghosts that we speak of are mostly demons who are in pretending to be ghosts.
2007-11-30 21:38:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I believe in supernatural interference with this world, but not that dead people are trying to communicate with us.
2007-11-30 21:44:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ghost=Jinn=God creature make from smokeless flame.
2007-11-30 21:39:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes,they are demons.They do not come back from heaven[Hebrews 9:27].
2007-11-30 21:37:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ghosts no, Pegasus yes.
2007-11-30 21:38:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Interest in such subjects, yes. Believe, not entirely...a natural skeptic always...
2007-11-30 21:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋