The Paranormal

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
F

FireHeart

Guest
#1
these days most ppl are into dangerous stuff. Christianity is not that popular, no instead you have things of the paranormal spirituality inner peace chi meditation comunication with Ghosts lost relatives oh and my personal favorite angels. Now that is the stuff that sells, im talking books movies step by step manuals on how to do it t.v. shows the works.

Ppl wold rather go to this stuff than God. With the whole paranormal thing ppl go to great lengths to see a Ghost or even comunicate with them. sure it sounds cool until they meet a legit one that just turns out to be a demon and then their life is tormented. Then you have that whole spirituality stuff u know your symbol or inner animal that tells you your personality traits destinity and that Chi that flows through you and much more plus much wierder. Honestly that spirituality stuff is to wierd i would rather not go into it.

Also ppl believe in angels and they have their own religion about them. the constantly pray to them th apparently meet them and have their own specific angel guardian and such. oh ya then you have psychics ppl who study witchcraft and trust me that stuff is real but requires a great cost.

It sad how greatly satan has influenced the world- to the point where God is the last resort and half the time not at all
 
Oct 31, 2011
8,200
182
0
#2
these days most ppl are into dangerous stuff. Christianity is not that popular, no instead you have things of the paranormal spirituality inner peace chi meditation comunication with Ghosts lost relatives oh and my personal favorite angels. Now that is the stuff that sells, im talking books movies step by step manuals on how to do it t.v. shows the works.

Ppl wold rather go to this stuff than God. With the whole paranormal thing ppl go to great lengths to see a Ghost or even comunicate with them. sure it sounds cool until they meet a legit one that just turns out to be a demon and then their life is tormented. Then you have that whole spirituality stuff u know your symbol or inner animal that tells you your personality traits destinity and that Chi that flows through you and much more plus much wierder. Honestly that spirituality stuff is to wierd i would rather not go into it.

Also ppl believe in angels and they have their own religion about them. the constantly pray to them th apparently meet them and have their own specific angel guardian and such. oh ya then you have psychics ppl who study witchcraft and trust me that stuff is real but requires a great cost.

It sad how greatly satan has influenced the world- to the point where God is the last resort and half the time not at all
Thanks so much for bringing this up. I have met so many people who say they don't know anything about the bible, but they are spiritual and believe there is a God. Usually they are mistaking the work of demons for the work of the Lord. You can see by following these forums, that many call themselves Christians and use the forum only to promote their own brand of what that is, if scripture is mentioned they simply scream "false prophet".

But I think we must be careful to not label things of God only work of the devil. Angels, for instance, are actually spiritual beings created by God that God uses as such as a messenger to us and to carry out His will in our world. Often, God works in our world in a paranormal way, such as when God heals our bodies when He is asked to.
 
Aug 25, 2013
2,260
10
0
#3
these days most ppl are into dangerous stuff. Christianity is not that popular, no instead you have things of the paranormal spirituality inner peace chi meditation comunication with Ghosts lost relatives oh and my personal favorite angels.
I don't consider the paranormal dangerous at all. That's not my experience. After losing my belief in God I became very interested in the supernatural for a number of years. My Christian father gave me a Ouija board for Christmas when I was about twelve. His parents had given him one and he claimed he'd had a lot of fun with it. I was looking forward to using it but became bored very quickly when the planchette refused to move without my help. I’ve been involved in a number of seances but as with the Ouija board nothing ever happened.

FireHeart said:
Now that is the stuff that sells, im talking books movies step by step manuals on how to do it t.v. shows the works.
I haven’t purchased books on the paranormal in some thirty plus years, but I still have quite a few in my home library. I once uncritically believed everything I read about ghosts, just as some members here have admitted that they believe most of the accounts of miracles they read or hear about. Just as some people believe every story on alien abduction, the abominable snowman, or crop circles.

FireHeart said:
Ppl wold rather go to this stuff than God. With the whole paranormal thing ppl go to great lengths to see a Ghost or even comunicate with them. sure it sounds cool until they meet a legit one that just turns out to be a demon and then their life is tormented.
I don’t believe in demons.

FireHeart said:
Then you have that whole spirituality stuff u know your symbol or inner animal that tells you your personality traits destinity and that Chi that flows through you and much more plus much wierder. Honestly that spirituality stuff is to wierd i would rather not go into it.
I had a friend who was very much into astrology and drew up an astrological chart that I still have. Those who genuinely accept astrology haven’t given much thought to the whole process. Look at the number of people, even Christians, who believe the moon affects human behaviour (anyone here believe this?). Being much involved in amateur astronomy as I once was I take the field of astrology as being absurd. For some reason it brings to mind Sherri Shepherd on The View who said she didn’t know whether the world was flat or round, but that she was convinced in the absolute truth of the Bible. Bring to mind those individuals who believe everything they read about ghosts and alien abductions?
 

Ella85

Senior Member
May 9, 2014
1,414
106
63
#4
Well people are blind, as they prefer to believe in things that they can see rather than trusting in God, which is why they play around with Ouija boards.
People love to see to believe. They have no faith, but yet summon spirits! Hmm.
 
F

FireHeart

Guest
#5
Thanks so much for bringing this up. I have met so many people who say they don't know anything about the bible, but they are spiritual and believe there is a God. Usually they are mistaking the work of demons for the work of the Lord. You can see by following these forums, that many call themselves Christians and use the forum only to promote their own brand of what that is, if scripture is mentioned they simply scream "false prophet".

But I think we must be careful to not label things of God only work of the devil. Angels, for instance, are actually spiritual beings created by God that God uses as such as a messenger to us and to carry out His will in our world. Often, God works in our world in a paranormal way, such as when God heals our bodies when He is asked to.
I have encountered such ppl before. they say they know God but never even touched the bible others say they christians yet the have no love and are very condemning if u disagree with them. Some ppl even think they themselves are angels others prophets of God even though they refuse to show evidence. but worshipping angels..... that really bad
 
F

FireHeart

Guest
#6
I don't consider the paranormal dangerous at all. That's not my experience. After losing my belief in God I became very interested in the supernatural for a number of years. My Christian father gave me a Ouija board for Christmas when I was about twelve. His parents had given him one and he claimed he'd had a lot of fun with it. I was looking forward to using it but became bored very quickly when the planchette refused to move without my help. I’ve been involved in a number of seances but as with the Ouija board nothing ever happened.


I haven’t purchased books on the paranormal in some thirty plus years, but I still have quite a few in my home library. I once uncritically believed everything I read about ghosts, just as some members here have admitted that they believe most of the accounts of miracles they read or hear about. Just as some people believe every story on alien abduction, the abominable snowman, or crop circles.


I don’t believe in demons.


I had a friend who was very much into astrology and drew up an astrological chart that I still have. Those who genuinely accept astrology haven’t given much thought to the whole process. Look at the number of people, even Christians, who believe the moon affects human behaviour (anyone here believe this?). Being much involved in amateur astronomy as I once was I take the field of astrology as being absurd. For some reason it brings to mind Sherri Shepherd on The View who said she didn’t know whether the world was flat or round, but that she was convinced in the absolute truth of the Bible. Bring to mind those individuals who believe everything they read about ghosts and alien abductions?
Please stay away from ouja boards and anything to contact spirits. You know not the consequences of using it, i do.....
 
F

FireHeart

Guest
#7
Also Im not sure if there is such thing as a good Ghost or for that matter how you even become one ?_?
 

Ella85

Senior Member
May 9, 2014
1,414
106
63
#8
Also Im not sure if there is such thing as a good Ghost or for that matter how you even become one ?_?
LOL..............

Good ghost....no.... God would not let GOOD spirits roam the earth.....

they are with Him in heaven, so what you hear of here on earth is not from God.
 
Aug 25, 2013
2,260
10
0
#9
Well people are blind, as they prefer to believe in things that they can see rather than trusting in God, which is why they play around with Ouija boards.
People love to see to believe. They have no faith, but yet summon spirits! Hmm.
Back when I believed in ghosts (about age 14 to 25) I took the view that they were harmless. None of the authors that I read interpreted anything as demonic. In the dozen or so books I read spirits were adrift and needed help to find their way to the other side. Mediums would assist some of them. Some were playful, but none were ever dangerous. They were all the lost, confused souls of departed loved ones who most likely had died suddenly or who had issues from their former lives that they were wrestling with, but none possessed any means or desire to do harm. Without real evidence it becomes possible to believe anything, doesn't it?

It seems to me that those who follow the evidence are not blind. Remember, when people believe things they can't see or demonstrate the truth of, that kind of belief is often referred to as blind faith.
 

jsr1221

Senior Member
Jul 7, 2013
4,265
77
48
#10
Well people are blind, as they prefer to believe in things that they can see rather than trusting in God, which is why they play around with Ouija boards.
People love to see to believe. They have no faith, but yet summon spirits! Hmm.
I don't understand people who would want to summon spirits yet don't believe in God. Good and evil come together. One should realize that. Yet seeking God isn't the thing to do in today's society. But people find it as a game to be playing with boards, watching movies about them, and anything that has to do with evil. It's really disturbing.
 
Aug 25, 2013
2,260
10
0
#11
Please stay away from ouja boards and anything to contact spirits. You know not the consequences of using it, i do.....
I haven't bothered with or believed in the functionality of the Ouija board in some forty or more years. I considered it a very lame toy. A few Christmas's past my kids, and nieces and nephew, and my sister, played with the board my sister bought for her girls when they were little. The planchette began moving (but not on its own). There was a lot of squealing from the girls and laughing from the boys. Once home my oldest son told me he was making move. "Dad. It's no fun if you don't," he confided.

What personal experience have you had with the Ouija board?
 
Dec 12, 2013
46,515
20,395
113
#12
Well people are blind, as they prefer to believe in things that they can see rather than trusting in God, which is why they play around with Ouija boards.
People love to see to believe. They have no faith, but yet summon spirits! Hmm.
No doubt and I agree with this as well HAHHA :)
 
Dec 12, 2013
46,515
20,395
113
#13
LOL..............

Good ghost....no.... God would not let GOOD spirits roam the earth.....

they are with Him in heaven, so what you hear of here on earth is not from God.
agree with this one as well :)
 
Aug 25, 2013
2,260
10
0
#14
I don't understand people who would want to summon spirits yet don't believe in God. Good and evil come together.
The mistake is in thinking that belief in God alone imparts belief in life after death. I know a number of atheists who currently believe in the existence of ghosts, or who think it may be possible. The difference is these atheists don't believe in the existence of demons. There is no supernatural struggle between good and evil in their minds.
 
Aug 25, 2013
2,260
10
0
#15
Also Im not sure if there is such thing as a good Ghost or for that matter how you even become one ?_?
The belief is that if someone dies violently, or unexpectedly, the emotional turmoil their spirit goes through causes some to become trapped between this existence and the next. Is there proof of this? No, but this is a belief system that has built up over the decades. It's promoted in much of the literature on ghosts. None of the books I've read on the subject makes any mention of God. I suppose it is a secular approach to life after death.

Many atheists do not hold such views. Most, like me, may not think there is any existence after death at all, but a few do believe. Out of curiosity I would like to see a survey on a few atheist sites to get a handle on how many people believe in continued existence after death.
 
Sep 10, 2013
1,428
19
0
#16
I know a number of atheists who currently believe in the existence of ghosts, or who think it may be possible. The difference is these atheists don't believe in the existence of demons. There is no supernatural struggle between good and evil in their minds.
Just when you thought you heard everything...
 
K

Karraster

Guest
#17
The belief is that if someone dies violently, or unexpectedly, the emotional turmoil their spirit goes through causes some to become trapped between this existence and the next. Is there proof of this? No, but this is a belief system that has built up over the decades. It's promoted in much of the literature on ghosts. None of the books I've read on the subject makes any mention of God. I suppose it is a secular approach to life after death.

Many atheists do not hold such views. Most, like me, may not think there is any existence after death at all, but a few do believe. Out of curiosity I would like to see a survey on a few atheist sites to get a handle on how many people believe in continued existence after death.
In nature, resurrections take place all around us. why should we be the exception?
 

crossnote

Senior Member
Nov 24, 2012
30,704
3,649
113
#18
I grew up in a strictly materialistic environment. Atheistic dad, evolutionary schools and materialism of the '50's and early '60's', so in a way the paranormal/new age/drugs etc. was a doorway into the 'nonmaterial' world.
But once a Christian, I'd never want to go back thru that tunnel.
 
Jul 25, 2013
1,329
19
0
#19
Good ghost....no.... God would not let GOOD spirits roam the earth.....

they are with Him in heaven, so what you hear of here on earth is not from God./QUOTE Ella85


agree with this one as well :)
Two birds with one stone and with what you believe: Heb 13:2 and the phrases: Angel of the Lord, and, Spirit of the Lord.
 
Last edited:
Aug 25, 2013
2,260
10
0
#20
LOL..............

Good ghost....no.... God would not let GOOD spirits roam the earth.....

they are with Him in heaven, so what you hear of here on earth is not from God.
Why not? He lets good people suffer and die. Eight children were killed in the 9/11 attacks, and I find it difficult to believe that the 3,000 or so who were killed deserved death. A Christian nurse with whom I had a discussion a few weeks ago pointed out that the cancer wards are full of children. No, good people do die, so why not allow a few to wander trapped between this existence and the next? Perhaps it's an alternative to Hell? Now, I don't believe that Hell exists, but I think you do. Or perhaps they are not trapped as the secularist ghost believers think. Perhaps they are on a mission from God. Unless you have all the answers then how can you be certain?