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Pam
08-22-2001, 08:53 AM
From the August 18, 2001 Salt Lake Tribune:

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If recent polls are any indication, Hollywood just may be giving ghosts their due. Today more people believe in ghosts than a decade ago. According to a Gallup poll conducted in May, 38 percent of adult Americans believe that ghosts, or spirits of the dead, do exist. That's up from 28 percent in 1991.

Even a few Christian leaders suggest that belief in ghosts is more than just a reaction to media hype. A recent article in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's weekly newspaper, quoted Roman Catholic theologian Rev. Gino Concetti as saying that communication is possible between the living and the dead.

"It may even be that God lets our loved ones send us
messages to guide us at certain moments in our life," said Concetti.

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Follow this link to the entire article.... (http://www.sltrib.com/2001/aug/08182001/saturday/123635.htm)

loricmf
08-22-2001, 11:06 AM
Interesting article.....Barbara Thurman stated and if I read correctly that it would be a "stretch" for someone to come back in physical form, clothed and with a voice....
I have talked to some who have had a loved one "return" and they said they were dressed in clothing similar to what they normally wore and that they did look the same as when they crossed, and some spoke...
I would be grateful for ANY contact, whether my son wore regular clothes or none at all!!! By contact I mean actually seeing him. I have had signs I know he's with me in spirit.
Anything that raises awareness that communication happens and is REAL is a good thing, so thanks Pam for sharing the article....
Loricmf