ghost hunters is one of my favorite shows, and it always leads me to theological questions. i do not have a solid "theology of ghosts". however after watching a million episodes of ghost hunters (and hearing personal stories from friends) it seems evident that something is going on. do ghosts exist? if so, what are they? if ghosts do not exist, what exactly are people experiencing? joel green and others do not believe that human beings have a soul/spirit that is separate from the physical body. if he is right there are no ghosts of human persons. but perhaps they are angels or demons? at any rate i have far more questions than answers, but i would like to come up with a solid theological position on the issue.
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I think you have to be Biblical about it. I mean, after we die, our bodies go to Sheol and we exist in a weird halfway-dead halfway-alive state. Like when the witch of Endor calls Samuel out of Sheol, and he's all pissed off because he wanted to stay dead (1 Sam 28:7ff). Um, and Sheol is below the surface of the ground, somewhere between the columns that the earth sits on and the molten magma. Does that answer your question?
thanks for getting all that sorted out! so you're saying ghosts proceed from "liquid hot magma" (thank you austin powers) and haunt the earth!?
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