[paul.fr]

I believe that the afterlife is both racist and homophobic. I have never seen (on tv, or film) or read about a black ghost, or even a gay ghost..OK, I think the ghost in randall and hopkirk Deceased (spell check) may have been gay but no direct mention of this, and that Derek Akorah bloke may try and turn a few ghosts, but thats not the question...

Do you know of any gay or black ghosts?

[Evie]

Ghost Dad (1990) starring Bill Cosby

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The Grudge (with Japanese ghosts), not to mention all of the other Japanese ghost movies (there are LOTS!)

And there's a black guy in Ghostbusters! Though he's not dead.  [] []

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Of course, saying the afterlife is racist and homophobic because there are no movies with ethnic/gay ghosts in it is silly. Wouldn't it be more like the movie/television industry is?

[Evie]

BEWARE!!!!!

This is not kid-friendly despite it being a cartoon.

[DoctorBeaver]

There was a film released in the 1930s called "The Black Ghost". Lon Cheney Jr was in it.

Do I get a star?

[blakestyger]

Why stop at a homophobic and racist afterlife - why not an anti-semitic one, have you heard of any Jewish ghosts? One may have made it though:

When Goldstein reached 70 he decided to change his lifestyle completely so he could live longer. He dieted, he jogged, he swam, he got tanned. Within 3 months he had lost 30 pounds, his waist was reduced by 6 inches and his chest expanded by 5 inches. Sleek and dapper he decided to have the latest haircut. Stepping off the pavement outside the hairdresser's he was killed by a bus. As he lay dying he called to his Maker and said "How could you do this to me?" A voice from the heavens replied "To tell you the truth Goldstein, I didn't recognize you".

[stevewillie]

A few years ago I visited a haunted hotel and met a few ghosts there. They admitted they were behind the times in their thinking, but were trying to improve.  I give them a lot of credit for that, their being dead and all.

[RD]

Would a gay poltergeist tastefully rearrange your nicknacks instead of throwing them about the room ?  []

[stevewillie]

Tsk Tsk Stereotyping are we? Actually ghosts don't have sex and remember little about it. They do like to throw things around the room though. They have a lot of time on their hands.

[DoctorBeaver]

Doesn't "stereotyping" mean using both hands on your PC keyboard?

[paul.fr]

Of course, saying the afterlife is racist and homophobic because there are no movies with ethnic/gay ghosts in it is silly. Wouldn't it be more like the movie/television industry is?

Evie, thanks for the correction. But it's not just the film industry, have you ever heard of a black ghost haunting a castle, house, or anywhere? Or a gay ghost menacingly mincing the halls?

Why stop at a homophobic and racist afterlife - why not an anti-semitic one, have you heard of any Jewish ghosts?

Aren't all Jewish ghost looking after pirate's treasure?

[Don_1]

The Arc Angel Gabriel came to the gates of Heaven to deal with the day's new intake.
"Right, pay attention please" he said to the masses waiting outside, "You will now be sorted into those who will be going to Heaven and those who will be going to Hell. The Lord God knows you all and all you have done, so anyone trying to slip in who doesn't deserve it will end up in Purgatory anyway."

The crowd stood in anticipation.

"OK" said Gabriel "All children may pass through the gates into heaven. Thieves, muggers, murderers, rapists and fraudsters stand on the left. You will be going to Hell. Jews, stand on the right, you will be going to Heaven. Catholics, stand on the left..... Yes, the Jews were right!"

[stevewillie]

 

I believe that the afterlife is both racist and homophobic. I have never seen (on tv, or film) or read about a black ghost, or even a gay ghost..OK, I think the ghost in randall and hopkirk Deceased (spell check) may have been gay but no direct mention of this, and that Derek Akorah bloke may try and turn a few ghosts, but thats not the question...

Do you know of any gay or black ghosts?

If ghosts existed, I would think they would be pure energy forms. They wouldn't exhibit any physical traits although they'd identify with what they were in life. The racism and homophobia is a problem with the media and how ghosts are represented. There is also ageism, because ghosts are rarely represented as old people. You'd expect most ghosts to look elderly if they had to look like what they were in life. The average life span in industrialized nations is around 76 years.

Of course, I don't believe in ghosts, although the furniture in my room tended to move around a lot in that hotel I stayed at, not to mention the toilet flushing all night long.

[Titanscape]

The thing is sin, destructive behaviour leads to an afterlife with the author of it, and cleanness and kindness... lead to eternity spent with the Author in Heaven, but we need not change ourselves, Jesus composed that power and does it by His presence, by trust in Him.

I think black ghosts are unpopular due to special effects matters.

[blakestyger]

Titanscape - what are you talking about?

[Nobody's Confidant]

The thing is sin, destructive behaviour leads to an afterlife with the author of it, and cleanness and kindness... lead to eternity spent with the Author in Heaven, but we need not change ourselves, Jesus composed that power and does it by His presence, by trust in Him.

I think black ghosts are unpopular due to special effects matters.

Whooa, slow down. Now, what the heck did you just say?

[Don_1]

blakestyger & Confidant, I'm glad you have said that, I read Titanscape's post and thought 'What??? Is it me?'

[Titanscape]

I meant that the selection is not racist...

[AlphBravo]

So whose afterlife is it anyway?
The next stage of metamorphosis perhaps, maybe we are all blobs of light or dark, depending on our output.
Without gender or race.
Do you think; Jesus was a Christian?

[blakestyger]

Do you think; Jesus was a Christian?

Given that the Christian Church didn't start until the 1st century CE in Roman Judea, is dedicated to the worship of Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of God and as Christ always denied his divinity  - almost certainly not.

[Titanscape]

I studied Christology, the New Testament existed in the first century, but only as wrong suggestions were made about Jesus did the disciples like, John the apostle and his disciples, like Polycarp, explain the faith. Polycarp countered an argument explaining to the gnostics that Jesus really had a material body... Later apologists explained he had the fullness of the Godhead and man and was not a mixture of the two. Against Arius, in Egypt. It was the fringe groups misunderstanding verses the bishops, taught by John, Paul and Mark... and their disciples and their disciple's disciples...

I think Jesus believed in Himself. Thomas the disciple said, "My Lord and my God."