If someone died accidentally, can he or she be a ghost?

Dying accidentally has nothing to do with it. They lived part of their life and it depends on how they lived it. They live it good, they go to heaven, they live it bad, they go to hell. That's what I think anyway. The only exception being children; they go to heaven automatically.

The bible does not support the idea of ghosts or purgatory as you describe it. In the story of Lazarus and the rich man, as told by Jesus, the rich man wanted Lazarus to dip his finger in water and bring it to cool his tongue because he was already in torment. He was told that it was impossible because there was a great gulf separating the place where the rich man was in torment and where Lazarus was in Abraham's bosom and no one can pass from one place to the other.

The book of Hebrews says, "It's appointed a man once to die and then the judgement." It doesn't sound like anyone is stuck in limbo and there's no such thing as ghost.

Hmmm...tough one really. Well, as a Jew I believe in a resurrection at the end of time (as we know it, that is). And as a science-minded person, I don't believe they would turn into a ghost. I know there's people who supposed to have seen ghosts and all that but I tend to think of other things like hallucinations, mind playing tricks on us that sort of thing. Hard to tell. I would imagine their spirits will go directly to G-d or say in the ground until an actual physical resurrection takes place.

NO-NO-NO! Have you not rehd Genesis 2:7? "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." That is, our 'spirits' are G*d's breath, and our bodies are 'dust of the ground'; and the soul is the combination of the two! When one exists without the other, NO "SOUL" EXISTS THERE. Our 'spirits' are as much 'us' as old electricity remains 'your lightbulb' after you've flipped the switch off. Because "all it is" is 'breath.' When Jesus Frankenstein digs up your bones & a-sets them a-walkin`, THEN the soul will exist again!

Personally my belief is that the soul goes into Stasis as you die. It is not roaming freely. The soul does not go neither to hell or heaven when you die. The bible also has some passages that relate to: The soul is not immortal, the soul is not really existant! God "breathed" life into man and that is our "soul" the life that God gave us BUT when we die the bible states that the living breath (soul) returns to God. And we are in statsis until Jesus returns.

i dont think there is such thing as a purgatory havent seen it in the bible.as far as i know spirits stay asleep until the right time for their judgement.

I don't think ghosts are angry spirits but I've seen a few shows that promote it, matter of fact, they sell it on that point alone. I've felt spirits before, one tried to push my face into my pillow and another kept pushing me on my back when I tried to roll over. I know that ghosts are spirits but I'm sure that there are some who are protectors.

they are not a ghost but a restless spirit in this world, many who felt following by them while walked on the scene. They have no goal going to heaven or hell, they must wait until the trumpet is blown.

Most people have that believe, the soul loiters in space till he gets a physical body.I believe in ghosts/spirits/ demons/witches/extrasensory perception/para psychology.

hi, partly yes,because they are still never be in the heaven nor in the hell so they usually stay here to find how they will get to the place they want such as the heaven or hell,that is why there are many souls and ghost here because they still finding how to get out of here.

The ghost thing sounds like it could be the answer, which would explain a lot, but maybe you just get reincarnated if you didn't make it the first time and given another chance.

I am one of those heathens that doesn't believe in God, so it will not come as a surprise to know that I also do not believe in ghosts... I do understand how reassuring a belief in an afterlife can be and I also understand the need for it. But for me, no I don't think so - When I die it will be lights out, game over and let somebody else have a turn