00:00the chibi news daily reflection hi i'm mark and i'm a vicar in the church of england in the north
00:09east a 2016 survey of the british people found just under 30 of the population believe in ghosts
00:16for comparison that makes believing in ghosts a bit more popular than believing in heaven
00:21and a bit less popular than believing in aliens i mean believing in ghosts is nothing new in the
00:26bible's telling of jesus resurrection from death to life when jesus appears to his followers they
00:32think they've seen a ghost but jesus responds with these words touch me and see a ghost doesn't have
00:38flesh and bones you see i have a real body jesus says not a ghostly one why is this so important
00:44to the easter story it seems in every traditional culture ghosts live in a sad half-life in fancy
00:51literature they're talked about as the undead but the easter promise isn't that jesus goes about as
00:56a vague spirit who can maybe spook people with a good boo and a clank of some chains but who can't
01:02actually really interact with the world but rather what the church has continued to believe for 2 000
01:07years is that jesus has a new real body and christians hope and believe that because he's his real body
01:14he can really do things not a ghost but a real person and one who still acts today
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