Why Can't Christians Speak to Ghosts?

[Leo123]

Thank you, Mick Jagger.

And Keith Richards.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

You’re in over your head. Learn rather than displaying your uneasiness.

your religion really is not very complicated. so you might want to settle down.

 

[Road Runner]

On the other hand, I can see why this might be a bad idea after all. Not sure if slime is washable.

 

[Weatherman2020]

your religion really is not very complicated. so you might want to settle down.

It’s not complicated, but you sure can’t even grasp the rudimentary principles.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

It’s not complicated, but you sure can’t even grasp the rudimentary principles.

I could teach them all. There aren't many. And they differ from sect to sect.

 

[Weatherman2020]

I could teach them all. There aren't many. And they differ from sect to sect.

There’s only one guiding principle in Christianity.
John 3:16

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

There’s only one guiding principle in Christianity.
John 3:16

Well that should be easy to remember.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Well that should be easy to remember.

Apparently not.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Apparently not.

Right. That Weatherman2020 guy clearly used the plural form: "principles". Silly man.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Right. That Weatherman2020 guy clearly used the plural form: "principles". Silly man.

O
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[Calypso Jones]

your religion really is not very complicated. so you might want to settle down.

well you don't get it.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

I decided to put this thread into paranormal instead of religion because people are a whole lot friendlier down here and other Christians scare me for the most part lol


Anyways, we have a family member that apparently is a ghost and I feel like I shouldn't want to be contacting him since I'm a Christian, but does the Bible mean that ALL spirits can't be contacted or is it just a warning saying that you should just be careful who or what you're letting in?



And yes the paranormal fascinates me. I know that it isn't biblical but if the Bible wrote everything in it about this life and the next, it would have a whole entire library for it. Besides that I've seen proof that the paranormal exists and I believe that's either because the spirit got lost from here to the hereafter or has unfinished business, but who really knows for sure.

If you think you are in contact with a spirit that claims to be of a dead person, it is much more likely that it is a devil, impersonating such a spirit.

 

[Meister]

Meister, I do believe that you've had some experience with the paranormal and are a Christian as well so I'm curious about your take on this.

No comment. I'm not getting in to this, one troll too many

 

[Road Runner]

No comment. I'm not getting in to this, one troll too many

Understandable. Btw, it is in my experience that God won't punish a confused sinner looking for answers, it's one that willingly sins and doesn't care about it, because it's like I said before, I'm very well aware about the Bible says, but from what I remember all it says do not contact the dead and some things in the Bible are sort of abstract.


Like obviously a Christian who has committed the sins of homosexuality and sexual immortality is still going to Heaven if they believe in Jesus yet the Bible says that they are automatically damned to Hell because we're supposed to piece it together for ourselves that only the lost that have committed these sins are forever separated from God.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

well you don't get it.

Sure I do. Moreso than you, even.

 

[Calypso Jones]

Sure I do. Moreso than you, even.

then you'd be more respectful of it wouldn't you? and you said ...'your religion'...what's that mean?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

then you'd be more respectful of it wouldn't you? and you said ...'your religion'...what's that mean?

I respect people. Ideas don't have feelings.

"Your religon"... it means the same as when you say "my religion". But this takes the form of a second-person statement, when I make it, when addressing you. It's how English works.

 

[Nobody911]

I decided to put this thread into paranormal instead of religion because people are a whole lot friendlier down here and other Christians scare me for the most part lol


Anyways, we have a family member that apparently is a ghost and I feel like I shouldn't want to be contacting him since I'm a Christian, but does the Bible mean that ALL spirits can't be contacted or is it just a warning saying that you should just be careful who or what you're letting in?



And yes the paranormal fascinates me. I know that it isn't biblical but if the Bible wrote everything in it about this life and the next, it would have a whole entire library for it. Besides that I've seen proof that the paranormal exists and I believe that's either because the spirit got lost from here to the hereafter or has unfinished business, but who really knows for sure.

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Even though human beings are unable to visually perceive electromagnetic waves such as radio waves, their existence is not invalidated. Similarly, Christians may not possess the ability to directly communicate with spirits, yet this does not discredit the existence of spirits.

 

[Michelle420]

Jesus raised the dead, the dead are not dead and can communicate. I believe most of the time it's an angel message from God. In instances where the dead are in between and there is confusion, sometimes anger, or darkness, you would treat it the same way you do a person in the flesh who has a dark side, sadness or anger. Pray for them. I don't think all contact is bad, when loved ones pass on sometimes relatives see them or dream a message from them.

Personally, I just ask God about that stuff and not humans.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Jesus raised the dead, the dead are not dead and can communicate. I believe most of the time it's an angel message from God. In instances where the dead are in between and there is confusion, sometimes anger, or darkness, you would treat it the same way you do a person in the flesh who has a dark side, sadness or anger. Pray for them. I don't think all contact is bad, when loved ones pass on sometimes relatives see them or dream a message from them.

Personally, I just ask God about that stuff and not humans.

God revealed to the prophet Joseph Smith, as recorded in Doctrine & Covenants 129, how to know what kind of being one is dealing with.

1. There are two kinds of beings in heaven, namely: Angels, who are resurrected personages, having bodies of flesh and bones—
2. For instance, Jesus said: Handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
3. Secondly: the spirits of just men made perfect, they who are not resurrected, but inherit the same glory.
4. When a messenger comes saying he has a message from God, offer him your hand and request him to shake hands with you.
5. If he be an angel he will do so, and you will feel his hand.
6. If he be the spirit of a just man made perfect he will come in his glory; for that is the only way he can appear—
7. Ask him to shake hands with you, but he will not move, because it is contrary to the order of heaven for a just man to deceive; but he will still deliver his message.
8. If it be the devil as an angel of light, when you ask him to shake hands he will offer you his hand, and you will not feel anything; you may therefore detect him.
9. These are three grand keys whereby you may know whether any administration is from God.