{"id":9644,"date":"2007-05-02T20:29:03","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T01:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=9644"},"modified":"2024-12-12T21:20:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T03:20:43","slug":"spirits-surround-us-at-all-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/spirits-surround-us-at-all-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirits surround us at all times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Question:<\/h2>\n

I like your website, I’m sure it took a lot of work.<\/p>\n

There is one part that queries if there are ghosts among us, which effectively answers no. I find this interpretation to be incorrect based on the evidence – spirits surround us at all times.<\/p>\n

I do not profess to be an expert in the Bible, Quran, or any other established religious manuscript. I also understand that the world is supposedly filled with false teachers and prophets, of which you may think me one. That said, perhaps I may be able to enlighten you on the many misinterpretations that the world has made, as well as some unknowns.<\/p>\n

I do not write based on faith. I write based on the evidence. You may find some on one link, which shows images of spirits, and another which gives a glimpse of the proof provided to each reader of my book.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n\t

Answer:<\/h2>\n

It is clear that all you are looking for is a means of promoting the book that you wrote. I looked at some of your “proof” pictures and recalled the words of Joseph Bessimer, an old con man, “There’s a sucker born every minute…and two to take ’em.” The pictures show image flares, a common problem in cameras with low-quality lenses (see “Flare<\/a>” on another site for a technical description). From this simple physical phenomenon, you built a New Age religion.<\/p>\n

“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, … And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words<\/em>” (II Peter 2:1-3).<\/p>\n

I’ll stick to the truth. “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth<\/em>” (John 17:17). I write from faith in true evidence and not the deceptions of a man who professes ignorance in the very topic he wishes to discuss.<\/p>\n

God said, and not some foolish man with a poorly working camera when we die we return to God. “Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it<\/em>” (Ecclesiastes 12:7). The Bible is clear that the dead have no interaction with the living. “So man lies down and does not rise. till the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor be roused from their sleep<\/em>” (Job 14:12).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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