Spiritualism and the Bible
A CORRESPONDENT of the Truth Seeker, an infidel sheet published in New York, says:— "The Spiritualists and the orthodox agree that after death the spirit continues to live. If the spirit can live without the body, it is reasonable to suppose that it would prefer to live in this world, where it is better acquainted than it would be in some other world." Certainly, from the "orthodox" standpoint, nothing can be more reasonable than the doctrines of Spiritualism. If the dead are in fact more alive and more free than when in the body, it is no doubt reasonable to suppose that about everything claimed by Spiritualists is true; but from the Bible standpoint, nothing is more unreasonable or farther from the truth than the claims of Spiritualists. The Bible declares expressly that "the dead know not anything," and warns us against communicating with spirits, declaring that they are the spirits of devils. Rev. 16:14. And in reference to this very thing we are exhorted by the prophet in these words: "And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? to the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." Isa. 8:19, 20. Modern Spiritualism and ancient witchcraft are identical, and both are forbidden by the word of God because utterly subversive of the truth of God.