Should Christians Investigate The Paranormal?

Should Christians investigate the paranormal? There are Christians who believe everything having to do with the paranormal is demonic in origin and that Christians should avoid anything having to do with it. Such Christians, however well-intentioned, are seriously misguided. As a Christian, minister, and paranormal investigator, it is my belief that Christians ought to be involved in this field. I've been actively investigating the paranormal for almost 3 years, and in that time, I have only come across one event that could be regarded as "demonic." All the others had to do with human spirits.  Looking back on it, I can't really fault them, though, because there was a time I believed the same way until I had my own experiences with the paranormal that caused me to start looking for answers and had some of my preconceived views shaken to the point that I had to do a lot of rethinking which led me to become a paranormal investigator.

What Does "Paranormal" Mean?

I’m going to start off the paranormal entries by answering the question, “what does ‘paranormal’ mean?”  It is a term coined in the early 20th century that simply means “above normal,” and refers to experiences or pehenomena that are outside the range or normal experiences or scientific explanation. While some include extraterrestrial life, ufos, and creatures associated with cryptozoology within the realm of the paranormal, I do not. For my purposes, paranormal refers to the supernatural such as ghosts.