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[–]FreeGiraffeRides 4 points5 points ago

Ghosts are affected by enchanted weapons, silver, and magic spells, duh.

[–]bradwasheresoyeah 4 points5 points ago

According to many of the churches I grew up in, when you die you don't go anywhere; when Jesus comes back you get your body remade and then you are judged. That kinda has some mass effect 3 ending problems because the same group will say things like "He's in heaven now." Implying you do go to heaven in soul form as soon as you die. The idea of a "soul" is not explained in a way that christian people can agree on.

TL;DR The bible needs an ending clarification DLC.

[–]ByTheEyeofThundera 1 point2 points ago

You are correct. The Bible basically says that there will be a literal, physical resurrection of bodies. This was one of the things that made me realize Christianity was crazy because God is basically choosing to resurrect billions of dead people just so he can judge them and throw them into hell.

[–]Jerzeem 1 point2 points ago

Magic, they ain't gotta explain shit.

[–]Redditor893 1 point2 points ago

God damn it! Stop applying logic to everything.

[–]Onslaught147 0 points1 point ago

When you die you get another body depending on where you go. So in hell you get a body capable of feeling untolds amounts of pain. In heaven you get a body for pleasure.

That's just what my local Church taught anyways. Considering there's thousands of denominations of Christianity alone, you will always get different answers.

[–]jawhite 0 points1 point ago

You get your body back at the end of time. At least that's what Dante says.

*edit: unless you committed suicide. Then you get to be a tree for eternity. When everyone else gets their body back, you get to hang yourself on yourself, but you don't get to reside within your own body again.

[–]iamriot[S] 0 points1 point ago

All the explanations make perfect sense. Thanks for clearing it up...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Eventually every living being will die and end up in a very hot place

Heat death, as you no doubt know

[–]jawhite 0 points1 point ago

The heat death of the universe will be cold as fuck...

[–]Philile 0 points1 point ago

Phantom pain, pain in the mind, is a real thing. I'm assuming your ghost has a ghost mind, otherwise you're just a lump of ghost energy.

[–]jajison 0 points1 point ago

YOU JUST WILL!

[–]mtldude1967 -1 points0 points ago

The same way you can feel the existence of god: Imagination.

[–]SuperGandolf6 -1 points0 points ago

Its hard to feel in a place that doesnt exsist

[–]Patar711 -1 points0 points ago

According to what I was taught, it's not actual physical burning and what not. It's supposed to be an emotional suffering from the total separation of your soul and God.