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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Sep 08 2005
Dining With The Dearly Departed
One of the most interesting things I read this morning involves a Jehovah's Witness couple who have refused to honor a lease to operate a Japanese restaurant in a building that appears to be populated by some sort of ghosts. With all the ghost tours and reported sightings going on it's a wonder the couple wasn't already aware of the eerie conditions of the place.
Though there are vast differences in the two groups, it happens that Jehovah's Witnesses do share one particular belief with Seventh-day Adventists. Both denominations shun the fairly common Christian belief that one's spirit or soul continues on after the death of the body. Both groups cite Bible verses such as Psalm 115:17, Psalm 146:3-4 and 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16 as a basis for the belief that ghosts are not people whose bodies have died, but are instead satanic entities that shouldn't be invited into our lives.
This is the first time I've heard this sort of thing in a restaurant lease, but I do know that some states require at least some disclosure of "stigmatized property". California, from what I understand, has a sort of statute of limitations on ghosts and murders. If a deadly event happened more than three years ago the seller doesn't have to tell the buyer about it.
posted at: 10:15 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
One of the most interesting things I read this morning involves a Jehovah's Witness couple who have refused to honor a lease to operate a Japanese restaurant in a building that appears to be populated by some sort of ghosts. With all the ghost tours and reported sightings going on it's a wonder the couple wasn't already aware of the eerie conditions of the place.
Though there are vast differences in the two groups, it happens that Jehovah's Witnesses do share one particular belief with Seventh-day Adventists. Both denominations shun the fairly common Christian belief that one's spirit or soul continues on after the death of the body. Both groups cite Bible verses such as Psalm 115:17, Psalm 146:3-4 and 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16 as a basis for the belief that ghosts are not people whose bodies have died, but are instead satanic entities that shouldn't be invited into our lives.
This is the first time I've heard this sort of thing in a restaurant lease, but I do know that some states require at least some disclosure of "stigmatized property". California, from what I understand, has a sort of statute of limitations on ghosts and murders. If a deadly event happened more than three years ago the seller doesn't have to tell the buyer about it.
posted at: 10:15 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
