More Ghost Adventures

[DaisymaeD]

“What gets me, as a religion, the Catholic Church doesn’t like people talking about mystical experiences or it puts them down to evil occurrences, but at the same time you have Saints like St Faustina who reportedly spoke to Jesus and Mary and St Padre Pio and others who witnessed similar things of which the church has no qualms about discussing or believing!”

I think it’s because it’s very easy for people to be deceived and drawn away from Christian teaching. And lets face it, paranormal experience is very strange and exotic, and there are a lot of people out there just looking for an excuse to leave the church and do whatever they feel like. Therefore, before the Church approves an apparition, the message has to examined carefully for error.

 

[CorieDreams]

ROFL! It has to be true! I saw in on TV!

The above quote is a golden example of why I took my TV to the landfill, years ago.

The only possible exceptions to my post would be a legit appearance from a Saint or the Blessed Virgin, or an occasional visitation from a deceased person that God allows. Bob Crowley has shared such an experience with us more than once.

I disagree

Peter Kreeft’s book on Heaven and the afterlife shows very clearly that many “old school hauntings” could be very legitimate

 

[Gordon_Sims]

I’m of the opinion that the Ghost Hunter, Ghost Adventure, Ghost Story, etc. shows are all bogus. I’ve yet to see one where anything they encountered seemed halfway mysterious or valid. I also sat through several episodes of Celebrity Ghost Stories with my kids and every story I heard could have been more easily explained by natural means. Seriously, feeling cold air coming from beneath a door in what you already said was a drafty house isn’t mysterious.

That being said, I’m a firm believer in ghosts. I’ve witnessed stuff for which “ghost” was the most likely and believable explanation (unless you think spontaneous mass hallucinations and objects moving on their own are common occurrences). I’m still very skeptical of what most others tell me, but it would be disingenuous of me to say they don’t exist after seeing the things I’ve seen.

 

[GEddie]

I’m of the opinion that the Ghost Hunter, Ghost Adventure, Ghost Story, etc. shows are all bogus. I’ve yet to see one where anything they encountered seemed halfway mysterious or valid. I also sat through several episodes of Celebrity Ghost Stories with my kids and every story I heard could have been more easily explained by natural means. Seriously, feeling cold air coming from beneath a door in what you already said was a drafty house isn’t mysterious.

That being said, I’m a firm believer in ghosts. I’ve witnessed stuff for which “ghost” was the most likely and believable explanation (unless you think spontaneous mass hallucinations and objects moving on their own are common occurrences). I’m still very skeptical of what most others tell me, but it would be disingenuous of me to say they don’t exist after seeing the things I’ve seen.

And I have no doubt that those things happen.

I’d still say that when they do, demons are far more likely than the dead messing with our heads.

ICXC NIKA

 

[ccmcmg]

I don’t know about the show (most reality shows like that are ‘staged’, ‘based on actual events’, etc). I do know about spirits/ghosts; I have one on one experiences. I’m reminded of a passage in and near yesterday’s 1st reading from Sirach:

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Seek not what is too difficult for you,
nor investigate what is beyond your power.
22 Reflect upon what has been assigned to you,
for you do not need what is hidden.
23 Do not meddle in what is beyond your tasks,
for matters too great for human understanding have been shown you.
24 For their hasty judgment has led many astray,
and wrong opinion has caused their thoughts to slip.

**

To me, this tells me not to be confused by things I cannot understand (which is one reason I stay out of the moral theology boards!); I need to seek to understand what has already been given me. I may someday in the future understand it, but not today. I must simply accept. Likewise, He has given me gifts that others have not received and would not understand. I will not be delving into the depths of ghosts, or anything like that, until He tells me to.

God bless you.

 

[ajecphotos]

One of my best mates is a medium and i didnt know this as we were growing up! He said that he didnt tell anyone. He is a catholic too.

He doesnt talk about it much though. He strongly believes in God etc. It is a gift that has been given to him. I asked him about what people say about evil coming through and he said it must happen but not to him. He doesnt practice it much these days but used to belong to a spiritual group. His wife is a medium too!!

 

[Faith1960]

And I have no doubt that those things happen.

I’d still say that when they do, demons are far more likely than the dead messing with our heads.

ICXC NIKA

You think so even considering how frequent these thingsk happen as we’ll as the “ghosts” being friendly or giving a code word that only her living daughter knew? This ghost, demon, apparition or whatever you want to call it seemed to be a woman trying to reassure her daughter she was still with her.