Do you believe in the exsistance of ghosts/spirits in your religion?

@jennysp8 (855)
United States
August 30, 2007 11:26am CST
I ask this because of my experiences with spirits. I can sense them often and feel their presence. I have watched things move on their own that can not be explained and actually seen three spirits face to face. I wasn't half asleep, drinking, doign drugs, dieting too much (lol),out of the corner of my eye, or suffering from a mental disorder, etc. And they weren't "shadows" they were plain as day... Face to face and they saw me too. Apparently not too many people have seen what I have. I speak to other Christians who say human spirits can not be seen after they pass until you are in heaven with them and that anything you see on earth is just the "devil" trying to trick you. Funny, as these spirits weren't trying to make me think, feel, or do anything special so I would not be too sure about what the devil would have been trying to accomplish with what I saw. I mean, where is Heaven anyways???? No Christian can answer that. No one. So, is it so hard to say that there is a spiritual plan over top of us (so to speak) that sometimes with certain people) are able to meet and smack into each other? If you are a believer of life after death (Christian or not) please, I would love to know what you think. This isn't to offend anyone or start a battle, I would just really love to know what other people believe. Bible or no Bible - with what I have experienced I have seen proof that life after death exsists. Although, I can't prove that to anyone else. Thanks!!
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@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
30 Aug 07
The Hindu religious faith which I belong to, spports the existence of ghosts, spirits and other mysterious elements disturbing the humans. However for those strong souls like that of mine these myths are just silly stuff to be scoffed at. No ghost would ever dare to frighten a fim believer in God! .
@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Thanks for your comment. I agree that no demon or spirit could truly scare a firm believer in God because that would be impossible for them to achieve. I wasn't scared. Just not sure what or who I was seeing.
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@ArsonCuff (3114)
• United States
30 Aug 07
No yes and no no on this one. if they exist they do if they don't they don't I've never seen one but I won;t say that doesn't mean they aren't there.
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@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
31 Aug 07
I am generally a very logical thinker. I probably would have had a hard time believing in ghosts if I didn't have the life I do. Thanks!!
• India
31 Aug 07
There are two sides of your opinion. One side of urs says that you are a logical thinker and the other side probably wants to believe in the existence of ghost. My perspective is that the thought of "Belief in Ghost" got settled in your subconscious mind and your conscious mind or ego doesn't want to admit it. Its just a small dispute going on between them. There are two ways of dealing with it. One is self hypnosis. Keep on telling yourself that you are not going to get affected at all continuously whenever u think of that thought of ghost. The second solution is to increase your positive thinking in general by increasing introspection and awareness within yourself. The other opinions, whether ghosts exist or not, become secondary. You just don't bother about it.
• United States
30 Aug 07
please be caEFULL THEY COULD BE DEMONIC FOR THE BIBLE SAYS it is given unto man but once to die and after that the judgement ! (Jb.14:12 so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep. ) (Dn.12:2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. )
@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Thank you for your concern. But I assure you that I am fine. This happened once when I was in Second Grade, once about 10 years ago and then again about 6 years ago. Each time I saw them was very brief and I was not scared at all because of my belief - even though I wasn't sure what or who they were. I have only experienced "bad vibe" sensations two times where I sensed something very wrong. Once was approaching a home that the only way I can describe it was that it "breathed" not in the literal sense but those who have what I have will know what I mean and then once when I was having a dicussion about religion and faith I felt a sudden dark force in the doorway of the room. I knew exactly where it was. It felt angry but yet I felt that it wouldn't enter into the room. I hope no one thinks I'm crazy. I'm not. Of course, if I never experienced what I do, and I heard someone telling the stories I do, I would probably call someone to lock them up. lol
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• Canada
31 Aug 07
lol
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• India
31 Aug 07
well yeah, i was born as a christian but i do not believe in half of its principles.... i don't know if there is a heaven and hell and i sure as hell don't know if ghosts exist or not... there are times i almost think that ghosts do exists.. i mean, our soul has to go somewhere right??? it cannot end just like a full-stop in a sentence does! we ought to be going somewhere!!
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Hi jennysp8, yes I believe in seeing and hearing in the spiritual world. It is also all through the Bible of different people seeing into the spirit world. As for where heaven is, I believe it does say that is in the upper sky, beyond where man has gone. As for proof, there are many who have experienced out of body experiences. As for the statement of the devil trying to trick you? No they didn't make you feel or do anything, but they did make you think, they made you think that they were not bad. I have talk to many that think that because what they saw didn't harm them that it is good, but if it doesn't draw you closer to G-d then they did what they came to do..
• United States
31 Aug 07
That's good, Jennysp8. But a word of warning, since you have this gift, be cautious, the enemy is always out to get the ones that can mess him up.. blessings
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@Dewi23 (54)
• Malaysia
31 Aug 07
I'm muslim and from what I read from your experience facing with spirits or ghost and your believes, I one hundred percent believe it. YEs! They are exist in our reality world, but they're not ghost or lost spirit but devils or genies who are trying to astray our faith about God's oneness. I've learned this fact from Quran and hadith those our prophet, Muhammad leaved them to us as a guide in our life. We human, might see them but only if they wanted to be seen by us. Some of them may harm you mentally but some of them may not if you are have a strong heart. I'm as a muslim, has been taught to believe these and do some sort of pray to avoid them for reaching me.I think, God blessed you with a sixth sense. There's a little amount of people in this world who have this gift. You're lucky. We're muslim, have been taught to be not fear with them. You just ignore them, that's all and they won't hurt you because they actually scare with human, human is better than any creatures created by God. For your information, I'm also had a few times experience with spirits (devil). They had disturb me while I'm sleeping and I wasn't sober enough to shun them until I activated my prayer. From my opinion, as a human we can't deny their existence in our world. if we deny them it's like we deny our God, heaven, hell, my Quran, your bible and angel's existence. our human eyes can't see them because our intelligence can't reach them unless if God permitting it. Whatever it is, God (Allah) is the only most powerful over His creations like spirits (devil, angel, genie), animals, human like me and you.
@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
2 Sep 07
It's interesting to hear about different religions beliefs on whether ghosts exist and if so - exactly what they are. I too believe that some are not who they seem to be but I also believe that some are actually spirits of those past. Thanks for your comment!!
@edigital (2709)
• United States
30 Aug 07
I am a Muslim and I believe in ghost. Ghost created by God as a curse of ghost's activity. When God created human for His worship He (God)ordered to salule Adam to all Angeles including Iblish(now known as Ghost)but Iblish did not adhered to the order of God then God cursed Iblish as Ghost and debered iblish from heaven. First operation of ghost was on Eve (in our religion know as "Haoa")to whisper Adam to go to a tree and eat its fruit. Ghost entered into heaven hiding inside the mouth of a snake so God cursed on snake that "snake will walk on chest and human and snake will be enemy of each other. For this curse we always try to kill snake on seeing it. God punished Adam and Haoa debering from heaven and said Adam and Eve that they will live on food growing crop from soil and soil will be hard to Adam (human)for growing crops or food. This the believance about ghost. Ghost always try to harm for human specially who believe in God and try to whisper good people to engage in bad or evil work. Ghost will die in last among all creation of God. So do not think there is no Ghost, it exist. Now a days human is more ghost than original ghost so ghost cannot not appearing everywhere freely like past ...lol
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@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Very interesting. I have never heard of it that way. Thanks so much for your comment!!
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
30 Aug 07
Yea I fully believe in spirits and have many encounters and "visits" since I was a very young girl...Ppl tend to look at me funny when I say things like that but then they'll look quizzically at my husband who confirms it..He's, since being with me, been introduced to that "other world" LOL I've always had "company" in my houses and my life so for me to sit here and say "Nope I don't believe" would be pretty foolish and kinda amusing really...
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@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
30 Aug 07
lol...that is my husband all the way! He is a Christian (and grew up insanely strict Christian) and he never experienced such happenings until being with me. I don't know if I attrack these things or if my presence just makes it more noticeable, now while he doesn't see, hear, or feel everything I do, he is slowly starting to. I apparently rubbed off on him. Thanks for the comment!!
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
yes.. i do believe in ghosts, both good and bad spirits.. i have also been feeling their existence and sometimes i can see them.. especially in my office.. i can see different kinds of spirits and feel them.. and it feels very weird.. in Catholic, there are passages that says these spirits.. the owner of the school i am working on belongs to other religious sector and don't practice "blessing" of a new place.. maybe they don't believe in ghosts.. but my boss always says that there are spirits in our school..
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@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
2 Sep 07
I hear alot about old schools being haunted. Thanks for the comment!
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
You probably have third eye since you've said that you've seen them. What do they look like? I've never seen one before but I do believe in spirits since we do have spirit in our physical form. The body has limited time but the spirit will last forever. I am a Christian and if you read the Bible there are a lot of instances of spirit interactions.
@tines2512 (326)
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
As for me I havent got a chance to experience this ghost thing, maybe because I don t like thinking about it, because Im easily affected by this matters.IM easy to get scared, even from a sound of a horror movie.
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@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
2 Sep 07
I have heard that people that do not believe or do not want to see them - won't. Simply because their mind won't allow them to be seen. Thanks for your comment!!
• Italy
30 Aug 07
i believe that ghost can exist, the professed religion in any
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@jennysp8 (855)
• United States
31 Aug 07
Hi there! Thanks for your response! Glad to see I'm not the only one.
@pastorkayte (2255)
• United States
11 Jan 08
I dont know that that is true the bible does tell of a Spirit that visits man. The spirit of God, the Holy Spirit. It also speaks of evil spirits from the Devil visiting upon man that convince man to turn from God. However I dont truthfully know if there are spirits the bible does not say that they dont exist.
• Philippines
13 Jan 08
i belive in Holy Ghost who I felt in our prayers
@aries_0325 (3060)
• Philippines
9 Jan 08
Yes I believe for their existence in our world. Yes I always believe in ghost and I believe that there are many spirit surround us in this world. And I believe also that the spirit of our love are here in our side to protect us and guide us everytime we are in trouble and I know that there are spirit that are bad and there spirit are good.