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Are Ghosts Real? or Do They Exist? (Part 5)
2011-10-05 10:05:00
This is probably going to be my last post on the subject. I just feel like moving on to something else, but I wanted to address this nonetheless. Earlier we talked about whether or not the existence of ghosts were possible according to Scripture (and also what Christianity should be required to believe), what happens when you die, what a ghost is made of if anything, what could possibly be the purpose of a ghost, and now I want to share something... a little different. See, I've done a little research here and there and when I research something, I always look at both sides (in this case there are only two) and go into the issue as if I believe both sides are wrong. When looking for facts, it's a great way to separate fact from fiction. You have to look at everything; take all that people say at face value and try to prove it wrong. As long as you know how to do proper research and cross-reference known facts, nine times out of ten you'll find something of value. A lot of the time
2011-10-05 10:05:00
This is probably going to be my last post on the subject. I just feel like moving on to something else, but I wanted to address this nonetheless. Earlier we talked about whether or not the existence of ghosts were possible according to Scripture (and also what Christianity should be required to believe), what happens when you die, what a ghost is made of if anything, what could possibly be the purpose of a ghost, and now I want to share something... a little different. See, I've done a little research here and there and when I research something, I always look at both sides (in this case there are only two) and go into the issue as if I believe both sides are wrong. When looking for facts, it's a great way to separate fact from fiction. You have to look at everything; take all that people say at face value and try to prove it wrong. As long as you know how to do proper research and cross-reference known facts, nine times out of ten you'll find something of value. A lot of the time
Are Ghosts Real? or Do They Exist? (Part 4)
2011-09-28 12:41:00
Earlier we discussed different things about ghosts, trying to come a little closer to the truth about whether or not they exist, but also whether or not it's even possible for them to exist. We talked about what happens when you die and also what ghosts are/could be made of in previous posts. Now I want to talk about whether or not a ghost would have some sort of purpose to exist if one did. To be perfectly honest, I can't find too much information on what people believe that is other than just a couple of things, but I'll address those couple of things. Most people to my knowledge believe ghosts exist or are "created" because when someone died, they had unfinished business on the Earth that needed to take care of. This poses so many questions, I don't know if I can ask them all in just one post. First of all, how many ghosts have solidly communicated to the living that they had some kind of "unfinished business"? With as many people that have died on the Earth (some scientists be
2011-09-28 12:41:00
Earlier we discussed different things about ghosts, trying to come a little closer to the truth about whether or not they exist, but also whether or not it's even possible for them to exist. We talked about what happens when you die and also what ghosts are/could be made of in previous posts. Now I want to talk about whether or not a ghost would have some sort of purpose to exist if one did. To be perfectly honest, I can't find too much information on what people believe that is other than just a couple of things, but I'll address those couple of things. Most people to my knowledge believe ghosts exist or are "created" because when someone died, they had unfinished business on the Earth that needed to take care of. This poses so many questions, I don't know if I can ask them all in just one post. First of all, how many ghosts have solidly communicated to the living that they had some kind of "unfinished business"? With as many people that have died on the Earth (some scientists be
Are Ghosts Real? or Do They Exist? (Part 3)
2011-09-21 00:15:00
Previously, we discussed what happens when you die (here and here). Are you actually dead, or are you about to exist completely alone in someone's pantry, moving the green beans around forever? Now I'd like to discuss what ghosts are made of? Everything in the universe is made of something, right? Even atoms consist of a nucleus which consists of protons and neutrons, which again consist of quarks. I don't know all the details, but you get my point. Even the air around us is made of molecules and particles. Although these things we can't see with our eyes, scientific research has established solid theories and laws which are now known as fact. We know of four different kinds of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Your kids should be learning this in science class at a fairly young age. One type can become another, but these are the general forms all matter comes in. Ice is a solid, melts to become a liquid, and evaporates with enough heat to become a gas... you get the picture
2011-09-21 00:15:00
Previously, we discussed what happens when you die (here and here). Are you actually dead, or are you about to exist completely alone in someone's pantry, moving the green beans around forever? Now I'd like to discuss what ghosts are made of? Everything in the universe is made of something, right? Even atoms consist of a nucleus which consists of protons and neutrons, which again consist of quarks. I don't know all the details, but you get my point. Even the air around us is made of molecules and particles. Although these things we can't see with our eyes, scientific research has established solid theories and laws which are now known as fact. We know of four different kinds of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Your kids should be learning this in science class at a fairly young age. One type can become another, but these are the general forms all matter comes in. Ice is a solid, melts to become a liquid, and evaporates with enough heat to become a gas... you get the picture
Are Ghosts real? or Do They Exist? (Part 2)
2011-09-09 11:08:00
Last time we discussed What happens when you die according to the Bible and discovered that the Ancient Hebrews believed When you die, you are gone... you're dead (If you haven't yet read part 1, please do so now). There is no function and you cease to exist. They also compared death to sleep, in that their ancestors were all sleeping, awaiting the Day of Resurrection. Were they wrong? For that matter, why does the majority of christianity that supposedly studies the Bible believe something different? Even though I only showed you a portion of evidence to support the idea that ghosts are not even possible according to the Bible, there cannot be any evidence to the contrary or you will have contradictory statements in what's believed to be infallible Scriptures according to christiandom. If even one line is wrong, then you cannot use the entire text to study and research within itself. You will have obvious misinterpretations and a broken religion. Be that as it may, I'd like to
2011-09-09 11:08:00
Last time we discussed What happens when you die according to the Bible and discovered that the Ancient Hebrews believed When you die, you are gone... you're dead (If you haven't yet read part 1, please do so now). There is no function and you cease to exist. They also compared death to sleep, in that their ancestors were all sleeping, awaiting the Day of Resurrection. Were they wrong? For that matter, why does the majority of christianity that supposedly studies the Bible believe something different? Even though I only showed you a portion of evidence to support the idea that ghosts are not even possible according to the Bible, there cannot be any evidence to the contrary or you will have contradictory statements in what's believed to be infallible Scriptures according to christiandom. If even one line is wrong, then you cannot use the entire text to study and research within itself. You will have obvious misinterpretations and a broken religion. Be that as it may, I'd like to
Are Ghosts real? or Do They Exist? (Part 1)
2011-09-08 15:26:00
Do you believe in ghosts? That's a pretty loaded question isn't it? It would be more productive to ask "Are ghosts real or, do they exist?", but does "evidence" for or against such a thing change opinions? Here's where it gets complicated. See, there will never be evidence to support that they exist AND that they don't exist. If someone has blue eyes, you will never find evidence to support that he has brown eyes; does that make sense? Things that are true and fact don't contain evidence that contradict in that sense. Actually, if there are two opposites and one is true, the first thing that would be false is the other; (i.e. if you're inside a building, you're definitely NOT outside of a building.) So if it were to be proven that ghosts don't exist, how could you prove that they do at the same time? You couldn't; but apparently it's a debatable subject, mainly because there are variables that most people just aren't sure about. One example that comes right off the top of my
2011-09-08 15:26:00
Do you believe in ghosts? That's a pretty loaded question isn't it? It would be more productive to ask "Are ghosts real or, do they exist?", but does "evidence" for or against such a thing change opinions? Here's where it gets complicated. See, there will never be evidence to support that they exist AND that they don't exist. If someone has blue eyes, you will never find evidence to support that he has brown eyes; does that make sense? Things that are true and fact don't contain evidence that contradict in that sense. Actually, if there are two opposites and one is true, the first thing that would be false is the other; (i.e. if you're inside a building, you're definitely NOT outside of a building.) So if it were to be proven that ghosts don't exist, how could you prove that they do at the same time? You couldn't; but apparently it's a debatable subject, mainly because there are variables that most people just aren't sure about. One example that comes right off the top of my
Introduction
2011-09-02 13:29:00
I named this blog as such to establish not only the type of content I wish to discuss, but to also try to use common sense while searching out some of life's answers to questions either we all have, or maybe some questions that no one else has even thought of yet. This mission statement proposes that maybe, just maybe we can find the answers we're looking for if we just look hard enough. Knowledge in this world seems like a leaf blowing in the wind. It's possible to catch it and keep hold of it, but if you let it go for even a moment, you can lose it forever. However, this is an age of information, whether it's true or false, it's flooding the streets and being shoved into our faces. Some people are learning how to check facts, research, cross-reference, have new ideas and experimenting those ideas to try and make something concrete for others to learn, some people believe in things because they were taught by someone else, whether or not they can prove what's true and what'
2011-09-02 13:29:00
I named this blog as such to establish not only the type of content I wish to discuss, but to also try to use common sense while searching out some of life's answers to questions either we all have, or maybe some questions that no one else has even thought of yet. This mission statement proposes that maybe, just maybe we can find the answers we're looking for if we just look hard enough. Knowledge in this world seems like a leaf blowing in the wind. It's possible to catch it and keep hold of it, but if you let it go for even a moment, you can lose it forever. However, this is an age of information, whether it's true or false, it's flooding the streets and being shoved into our faces. Some people are learning how to check facts, research, cross-reference, have new ideas and experimenting those ideas to try and make something concrete for others to learn, some people believe in things because they were taught by someone else, whether or not they can prove what's true and what'