tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post7774657922578199863..comments2023-11-03T01:24:37.142-07:00Comments on Militant Ginger: Things that go Bump in the NightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-75348203954209920372009-01-26T20:58:00.000-08:002009-01-26T20:58:00.000-08:00Wow there are some really interesting comments her...Wow there are some really interesting comments here and I will only add this. In my late twenties I woke with the feeling of someone leaning over me very close and I could 'feel' their presence. It was my grandfather I have no doubt, I was left with the scent of his aftershave for a few minutes. So I am a believer and I also believe we are watched over, by those that have passed and love us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542425639950850366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-45869256694292444592009-01-26T19:07:00.000-08:002009-01-26T19:07:00.000-08:00Correction... the 2 year mission trip is after the...Correction... the 2 year mission trip is after they graduate from high school and before college.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-29876922772859776932009-01-26T19:05:00.000-08:002009-01-26T19:05:00.000-08:00Actually, poltergeists, along with manifesting whe...Actually, poltergeists, along with manifesting where there is an adolescent, also have to have a high lime content in the soil where it is occurring.<BR/><BR/>Truth is there is not enough known about this sort of thing. There seems to be a difference between demonic activity and people that lived. It is all very bizarre.<BR/><BR/>The Jehovah's Witnesses don't believe in hell. They say that the word hell is taken from the word gahena (I might have spelled that wrong). Apparently, there was an area outside the city where the rubbish was burned and the fire was always kept going. They think hell is just death. You cease to exist. The lake of fire is not the same as hell... it is reserved for demons.<BR/><BR/>I've been mulling something over... ole John 3:16. The verse people tend to memorize first. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." That implies that we are not immortal.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, Mormon women are only saved if their husbands choose to call them in the after life. They then get their own planet. <BR/><BR/>If you are wondering how I know this stuff it is because I talk to the people that come to my door. I've studied with both the Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons on several different occasions... from a few months to over a span of 6 years. The Mormons have their boys go on a 2 year mission trip after they graduate from college. It is usually one whose been out for a year and one who is new. Two of the guys that game round for four months (and sometimes brought a woman from their stake) told me a lot more than they are supposed to... about the secret ceremonies only temple Mormons are involved in. Joseph Smith's brother was big into the Masons and the the special underwear Mormons wear have symbols on them that some think were taken from Masonry. There's a chapter in the book of Mormon that is almost word for word a copy of Isaiah. <BR/><BR/>Really, the term Christian covers a wide array of wildly differing beliefs.<BR/><BR/>So, if you think we just cease to exist, does that bother you? I'm sure being a husband and father gives you meaning... but what about beyond that? If we just cease to exist does right and wrong even matter? I find it interesting that the redemption theme is not just a Christian thing... it seems to be part of the human condition to a certain extent.<BR/><BR/>I don't know. The more I try to figure things out, the more questions I have. And the more I realize I don't know jack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-66553307479205998862009-01-26T18:58:00.000-08:002009-01-26T18:58:00.000-08:00As a recovering Catholic (much to my parents chagr...As a recovering Catholic (much to my parents chagrin) right now I consider myself agnostic. I believe in something but am not quite certain what that something is. <BR/><BR/>I think past life regression and reincarnation are interesting concepts I would like to explore more.<BR/><BR/>I am uncertain if I am sensitive. There have been, let's call them "incidents" where I have felt or heard things that others have not. It could have been an overactive imagination.<BR/><BR/>Paisley Penguin<BR/><BR/>PS - I'm about 1/3 in to your book. Been super busy but I am really enjoying reading it!paisley penguinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274722432486995047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-81645576018423978452009-01-26T16:13:00.000-08:002009-01-26T16:13:00.000-08:00Wow, you do know your stuff, CB!I deliberately did...Wow, you do know your stuff, CB!<BR/><BR/>I deliberately didn't approach apparitions because while I think I understand poltergeists (apparently, there is ALWAYS a teenager in the house, which leads people to believe it's something weird involving them, rather than an angry ghost) I'm not sure I understand what could explain apparitions of dead people who interact directly with living people.<BR/><BR/>But as far as death goes...<BR/><BR/>I would LOVE to believe that when you die, it's like a computer game and as you've 'completed the game' you can go back and visit any points in your life and experience them all over again. OH, I would love that. Falling in love for the first time. Watch Boo as a little baby laugh and gurgle for the first time.<BR/><BR/>But sadly, I do believe that when you die, you simply cease to exist. The only afterlife one leads is in what you've left behind in the world - I guess your kids especially. The worth of your life is the effect you had in it.<BR/><BR/>That's what I honestly believe - hard to think somebody as chipper as me would have such a gloomy outlook! <BR/><BR/>But while I can't say anything about heaven or hell, I do know that purgatory is a pile of rubbish. The Catholics invented it CENTURIES after Jesus died. Why?<BR/><BR/>They used to offer rich people the chance to have priests and monks prey for them, so if they were bad, their prayers would help the rich people get to heaven.<BR/><BR/>However, in order to do that (and extort a stipend out them for performing this service) it raised the issue - Where does the soul go if it's not in hell and it isn't allowed into heaven yet?<BR/><BR/>The answer? Invent a place, purgatory.<BR/><BR/>Also, it was a handy way to not seem cruel and callous about unbaptized babies. They went their (before they all went to hell.)<BR/><BR/>Look it up - it's all absolutely true. Purgatory is the most cynical invention EVER. And that's quite an achievement, given it's the catholic church we're talking about!Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-14062354031970770542009-01-26T15:50:00.000-08:002009-01-26T15:50:00.000-08:00This is the strangest thing! I left the above two...This is the strangest thing! I left the above two comments. I do not know how it has me listed as unalyin... A blogger burp or what??? <BR/><BR/>I deleted the first one and then after it posted again under the same name... I signed out of blogger and resigned back in... so it'll be interesting to see what I come up as this time.<BR/><BR/>Coffee BeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-23728430032580547412009-01-26T15:45:00.000-08:002009-01-26T15:45:00.000-08:00What you are describing is a residual haunt. There...What you are describing is a residual haunt. There is no intelligence behind it. It is like a moment in history got recorded into that place and it is replaying over and over. Very strange phenomena...<BR/><BR/>I am wondering if apparitions to you are the intelligent haunts. I tend to think of those as either being residual or intelligent depending on what is happening.<BR/><BR/>So... I'm going to leave belief in God out of this for the sake of discussion at this point... let's say it doesn't matter whether you believe or not. As an atheist, what do you believe about when we die? Do we just cease to exist? Do you believe people have a spirit... or soul? I think it would be easy to think that where residual haunts are concerned but... what about intelligent ones? Where do you think that is coming from? I don't know. It is something I often wonder about...<BR/><BR/>I'm not Catholic so I don't know much about purgatory. I think Mormons believe those who aren't saved are in a similar type place because many of them research their geneologies and have baptism services where they are baptized in the place of their relatives so they can be set free. Which I find weird and unscriptural... of course, they have the book of Mormon as well as the bible and I am only minimally aware of what is in there. <BR/><BR/>What about re-incarnation? Do atheists believe in that? I don't. I believe we are each a unique creation.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, I don't believe that whatever haunts are that they can really hurt us and that they are nothing like what is portrayed in the movies.unalyinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969279322147058347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313594.post-36701662308403913692009-01-26T15:43:00.000-08:002009-01-26T15:43:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.unalyinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969279322147058347noreply@blogger.com