If we are actually a spirit being on the inside why do we need a body isn't it like a keep back to our immoratl soul?
Gothicnature I thought you would of been answering this. I guess my answer would be that the body gives material movement in the material world? I guess ghosts can be here too but they cannot interact and touch things like someone who has a body can.
Our bodies are the representation of our souls in the prime material plane. We are here to learn about life and to grow as a being. We are here to make choices good or bad and to show God that we are worthy enough to have a place at his table.
Why can't we learn as ghosts then in an existence created for ghosts, why must a body be necessary?
We need the body to be able to feel hurt and pain to feel joy and laughter. We need the body to feel what it is like to be sick or to lay in the sun soaking up the warmth. Some things we need to experience and to enjoy while we are alive in this body. These things can not be done in a ghost world in a ghost body in my opinion. But then again who says we are not in a ghost world in ghost bodies? We only have a limited understanding where we are. I feel that we are given these bodies to learn of life and to learn lessons that cannot be taught to us otherwise. We are given free choices and it is those choices that make who we become.