Catholic Teaching On Ghosts

[goldenchild17]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1306183043' post='2245017']
Ah, I understand better what you mean! Yeah, I think it's something we can definitely speculate on. One of my ideas for the 'residual' nature of a haunted house is that maybe it is part of a soul's purgatory to rid himself of undue attachment to a place or thing in his life. It's a little more complicated maybe, but still within the realm of safe possibilities that maybe a certain place is connected to that soul in such a way that you can witness, in a certain sense, his purgation. Almost like the house (or object) is a sort of window into that particular person's purgatory.
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I definitely wouldn't rule that out either. It definitely seems quite in line with something Dante would've considered, so it's cool with me I don't see any reason to disregard either possibility, either until one presents itself as more likely than the other, or even both being true depending on the specific case.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='goldenchild17' timestamp='1306183551' post='2245019']
I definitely wouldn't rule that out either. It definitely seems quite in line with something Dante would've considered, so it's cool with me I don't see any reason to disregard either possibility, either until one presents itself as more likely than the other, or even both being true depending on the specific case.
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We have the benefit of lots of authoritative pronouncements to look on to help us out, but it occurs to me that in a few specific cases, for instance this one, there's not a lot we know now, or really can know at all. It's like we have a big box, formed by the things we do know (like the immediacy of judgement, the finality of damnation and salvation, etc.), but we don't know at all what's in the box, and we're not going to know until we look inside.

Edited May 23, 2011 by Nihil Obstat

[tinytherese]

Remember, don't cross the streams. That would be bad.

[goldenchild17]

[quote name='tinytherese' timestamp='1306206949' post='2245229']
Remember, don't cross the streams. That would be bad.
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[img]http://static.reelmovienews.com/images/gallery/ghostbusters-photo.jpg[/img]

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='tinytherese' timestamp='1306206949' post='2245229']
Remember, don't cross the streams. That would be bad.
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Idgi.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1306207854' post='2245233']
Idgi.
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[img]http://www.cosmictap.com/images/ghostbusters-cross-streams.jpg[/img]

[tinytherese]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1306207854' post='2245233']
Idgi.
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I can't tell if you're kidding or not, but that's from the movie Ghostbusters.


Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1306207854' post='2245233']
Idgi.
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[goldenchild17]

[quote name='tinytherese' timestamp='1306209019' post='2245243']Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
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some of the most awesomely epic movie dialogue right there [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/like2.gif[/img]

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='tinytherese' timestamp='1306209019' post='2245243']
I can't tell if you're kidding or not, but that's from the movie Ghostbusters.


Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
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I haven't seen it.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1306213864' post='2245275']
I haven't seen it.
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That is why you fail. . .

[Maximilianus]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1306213864' post='2245275']
I haven't seen it.
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You are missing out on valuable data. Figuring out where Slimer falls in your categories can be a good excercise.

[cmotherofpirl]

Sigh what do kids watch these days....


Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Mayor: All right, all right! I get the point!


Winston Zeddemore: Hey, wait a minute. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Hold it! Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and tell him that some moldy Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start tearing up the city?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Sumerian, not Babylonian.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Yeah. Big difference.
Winston Zeddemore: No offense, guys, but I've gotta get my own lawyer