What about ghosts?

[Sophie]

What does the Church teach about ghosts and ghostly phenomena?

 

[kell0618]

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=68370

Apologist Michelle Arnold addresses this in the above post.

 

[Sophie]

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Odell]

What about Ghost who are children? I have been wondering this for some time.

 

[Kitty_Chan]

Ive wondered about that Ghost Hunters as well and where people got this idea of ghosts and communication with them.

(As a side note the guys on Ghost Hunters are also the biggest hoaxers with their usless machines and running around houses at night, recording stuff that never works out.)

Certainly it stands to reason to avoid “bad” ghosts but I have a problem with any ghosts if they are sad, happy or whatever. How do we know they are actually ghosts of dead humans? I would think they were spirits but not human and never were. This romances the whole idea and allows people to be deceived.

I think this is also why I have a problem with praying to the dead, it helps these thoughts that some ghosts are ok and you just have to avoid the bad ones. No you have to avoid all of them. satan hides as a angel of light, and roves like a hungry wolf waiting to devour.

 

[Sophie]

. How do we know they are actually ghosts of dead humans? I would think they were spirits but not human and never were. This romances the whole idea and allows people to be deceived.

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This is one of the reasons I asked the question. My husband has seen a ghost of a woman who died in her home. He was in the home of one of his brother’s friends. While sitting in the living room, he saw what he describes as a little old grandma walking in the kitchen and into the pantry. Not too long after, his brother’s friend and his wife, who were renting the house, found out from neighbors that the elderly women who used to live there was found dead in the pantry. Yes, I have also wondered about the ghosts of children, also. When a person starts looking into this stuff, you come to find there are people all over who have experienced ghostly phenomena. I also have. So, my hubbie and I having had first hand experience with ghosts, have often wondered what is official Church teaching on this subject.

 

[holly_potter]

This was informative…I can’t remember if my dad said he saw a ghost, but either way I know he said he believed in ghosts. So, I was sorta concerned for him, because I always thought ghosts weren’t real in the same way wizards aren’t real.

So, it’s good to know