{"id":1020,"date":"2018-09-05T15:16:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mistertipster.org\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2018-09-05T15:16:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:16:43","slug":"are-ghosts-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/?p=1020","title":{"rendered":"Are ghosts real?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1020\" class=\"elementor elementor-1020 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e98b465 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e98b465\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are ghosts real?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-x2vl4jx elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"x2vl4jx\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-tmescto\" data-id=\"tmescto\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3gypgw elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"w3gypgw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SHARE THIS PAGE WITH YOUR FRIENDS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cgocka8 elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"cgocka8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-k097cf8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"k097cf8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-qjirumk\" data-id=\"qjirumk\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3vh87tm elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3vh87tm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TIPS for Thinking About Ghosts:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wm29z0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"wm29z0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<P>TV and movies make it look like entertainment, but are ghosts more than something just created in a Hollywood studio? After all, it doesn\u2019t take a ghost hunter to see that some pretty weird stuff goes on around us. Maybe you\u2019ve heard about people claim they\u2019ve seen a ghost or some other kind of scary supernatural event. So, are they making it up? Are they mentally disturbed? Or Is there another explanation?\n\n<P>It <em>could<\/em> be that some people make up stories about ghosts, while others may actually have a mental illness. But is it possible that ghosts are in fact real? It all depends on what a person means by \u201cghost.\u201d\n\n<P>By far the most reliable resource to learn the facts about this kind of thing is the Bible. Far from being a book of fairy tales, the Bible contains proven truth about supernatural things. And it\u2019s in the Bible where the truth about ghosts can be discovered.\n\n<P>First, we need to realize that the Bible compares death to a sleep. In other words, when a person dies, they don\u2019t go to heaven, or anyplace, for that matter. (That happens when Jesus comes back to earth, but that\u2019s another story.) Here\u2019s just one of many Bible verses that tells us about what happens to people when they die:\n\n<P>\u201cFor the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing\u201d (Ecclesiastes 9:5, King James Version).\n\n<P>Dead people are in a state of sleep, or unconsciousness. Since ghosts are supposed to be the spirits of dead people, well, you can see there\u2019s no truth to that idea!\n\n<P>So what <em>do<\/em> people sometimes see that <em>look<\/em> like ghosts? The Bible is clear about that as well:\n\n<P>\u201cFor we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places\u201d (Ephesians 6:12, King James Version).\n\n<P>In other words, \u201cflesh and blood,\u201d or humans, are in a battle against supernatural forces. These evil angels are known as demons, and demons have the power to masquerade as dead people\u2014or \u201dghosts.\u201d <em>That\u2019s<\/em> what people are seeing.\n\n<P>Now, don\u2019t be frightened about this. If you\u2019ve accepted Jesus as your Savior, He\u2019s not going to let any of this stuff into your life.\n\nSo now you know the truth about \u201cghosts.\u201d Stay away from Satan and his evil forces, and you\u2019ll be safe and sound in Jesus. As the Bible says,\n\n\u201cFor I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,\n\n<P>Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord\u201d (Romans 8:38, 39, King James Version).\n<ul>\n \t<li>DO read more about angels, demons, Jesus, and Satan in the Bible.<\/li>\n \t<li>DO realize that angels and demons are real.<\/li>\n \t<li>DO trust that Jesus can protect you from any evil attack.<\/li>\n \t<li>DON\u2019T watch media (TV, internet, books, and more) that makes ghosts or demons look cool.<\/li>\n \t<li>DON\u2019T experiment with the occult\u2014including ouija boards. You\u2019re stepping on to Satan\u2019s turf.<\/li>\n \t<li>DON\u2019T believe anyone who says they\u2019ve seen a dead person come back as a spirit, or \u201cghost.\u201d It\u2019s a demonic trick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-t6bumve elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"t6bumve\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-jpawvyx\" data-id=\"jpawvyx\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dkpy88l elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dkpy88l\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STORY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bsqp3ao elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bsqp3ao\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dk4t6eg\" data-id=\"dk4t6eg\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-kego0yz elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"kego0yz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Ghost of La Llorona<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-nxozt6t elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"nxozt6t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The attackers were about to see a most startling sight.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wndwlf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wndwlf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Juliana Mar\u00edn<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-nfvkfs3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"nfvkfs3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ph2kyc\" data-id=\"0ph2kyc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4wi5cpm elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4wi5cpm\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ghost.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1023\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ghost.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ghost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mistertipster.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ghost-768x512.jpg 768w\" 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"vd4x379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">C<\/span>oncealed by the tall grass, the five boys crouched in the shadows. They were ready to spring on the\u00a0girl making her way up the steep, winding stone\u00a0stairway. The full moon cast an eerie glow on her,\u00a0but the boys couldn\u2019t see her face.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Suddenly one of the boys gasped\u00a0and crossed himself. The figure was\u00a0veiled head to toe in long, dark robes\u00a0that flowed behind her in the wind. Her face was hooded\u2014or was it that\u00a0she had no face?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">All five young men began to\u00a0tremble.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Just then the figure stopped, turning straight toward them. She opened\u00a0her arms wide, and the boys, to their\u00a0horror, heard the unmistakable\u00a0sound of desperate\u00a0weeping.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s La Llorona!\u201d one boy screeched.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">With screams of\u00a0terror they fled for\u00a0their lives, calling\u00a0on the virgin Mary\u00a0and all the saints.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">La Llorona supposedly was the ghost of a woman\u00a0who\u2014as the legend went in Colombia, South America\u2014would sometimes\u00a0appear to wicked men, wailing\u00a0for her murdered children.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">But now, on this night, La Llorona\u00a0was left standing alone. A cloud hid the moon, and in the darkness she\u00a0smiled.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">T<\/span>he next day at the\u00a0neighborhood store I\u00a0overheard one of the\u00a0boys telling his story. \u201cHer face\u00a0was a skull, with burning eyes! She\u00a0had great wings like a bat, and her hands were only bloody bones!\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Those crowded around crossed\u00a0themselves. I smothered a snicker and peeked\u00a0under my arm. No bat wings there.\u00a0The skin on my face and hands was just fine, too. Still, I had no doubt that the boy had seen strange things. The\u00a0moonlight, drugs, and fear had all\u00a0played a part.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Yes, I\u2019d been La Llorona that night.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">I hadn\u2019t intended to be, but when I\u2019d seen the attackers lying in wait, I\u00a0had done the first\u00a0thing that came to mind. I normally wouldn\u2019t walk around that area alone at that hour,\u00a0but I\u2019d been at a meeting. It had run so late that\u00a0I\u2019d missed the last\u00a0bus. The meeting was at a synagogue\u00a0for Jews who believe in Jesus; that\u2019s\u00a0why I\u2019d worn a veil and long dress.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Walking home, I\u2019d worried a little about whom I might encounter. I must admit, the legend of La Llorona\u00a0and other haunts had crossed my mind too, even though I don\u2019t believe in that stuff.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Now I know that superstitious minds are easy to play tricks on. 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