Do you believe in Ghosts?
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Proof. EVP's. How do you explain asking a question in a haunted place and getting a definite, clear answer on a hand held recorded that picks up low frequnecy? It's done all the time.0
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I believe the devil can do some scary things that can be confused for a ghost. I also believe in Angels. Once when my brother was a child he fell down the stairs and felt a hand on his back that stopped his fall.
I've heard some creepy things in the house I grew up in, but I've never actually seen anything.
One time when my younger sister was only 2 she asked my mom what the devil looked like. *creepy*
I had a friend die at the age of 13. A few moments before she passed, she told her mom that her deceased grandpa was sitting on the bed with her.
Also, my grandmother passed away in my parents house. Things happen there but they are never negative or creepy and we always joke about "grandma doing it". I've been other places with strange occurances and the vibe is not the same, its negative or dark.0 -
I absolutely do believe in ghosts. I've experienced way too much crazy *kitten* not to. I grew up in a metaphysical home, so it was just par for the course, and for a lot of my youth I thought it was normal.
Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time to share any stories today, but I will some time, I promise.0 -
I do!0
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I do. I even did a ghost hunt. I asked a question on a microphone in a cemetary. Something answered. I still have the recording saved. Effing CREEPY.
What did you ask and what did it say?
I LOVE the ghost hunters show. I think it's fascinating
I totally believe there are residual spirits. There aren't many logical explinations for a lot of things.
Ok just because this is debate and we're meant to do this sort of thing... I'm not trying to be a prick and rain on everyone's ghost parade!
Shows like Ghost Hunters are great proof that there's no such thing. Wouldn't you say that finding evidence of a ghost, since there's never been any reliable evidence of a ghost ever, would be a hard thing to find? Many of you said you've had experiences. Do you believe that anytime you went looking that experience could be repeated?
But every week these shows find evidence of ghosts..every single week. Yet none has been scientifically accepted.
Ghost hunter shows don't always find evidence- there are many investigations in which they disprove occurrences or find nothing at all to prove the haunting. Of course, there are a few teams on television that play up and sensationalize the already-shaky evidence they're finding, because it is, after all, a television show... but there are a couple of teams that I believe are pretty consistent and reliable with their investigations and data.0 -
When things happen that I don't understand I never jump to "Ghost" as the explanation. I know a lot of people who jump to "ghost" when something strange happens that they can't explain. My mind never goes there.
My great grandmother was a spiritualist minister from Norway. She talked to the dead. Ghosts supposedly hung around her. When I was about 4 my dad had a HUGE bonfire and burned all of her stuff. If I remember correctly that was about the same time they were going to church and the pastor visited the house with his kids. I would have liked to have looked at all of that stuff.0 -
I also wonder about Christians who believe in ghosts. Wouldn't these ghosts be in heaven or hell?0
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Here's my question for those who believe in ghosts (and are parents).
What do you tell your children when they say they've seen a ghost? Or that there's a monster in the closet? Do you say "There's no such thing now go back to bed" or do you grab them, check into a motel and sell your home?
If my daughter tells me she's scared of something supernatural I tell her there's no such thing. So I figure if I'm going to say it I best believe it myself.0 -
When things happen that I don't understand I never jump to "Ghost" as the explanation. I know a lot of people who jump to "ghost" when something strange happens that they can't explain. My mind never goes there.
My great grandmother was a spiritualist minister from Norway. She talked to the dead. Ghosts supposedly hung around her. When I was about 4 my dad had a HUGE bonfire and burned all of her stuff. If I remember correctly that was about the same time they were going to church and the pastor visited the house with his kids. I would have liked to have looked at all of that stuff.
Anyone that immediately jumps to "ghost" without further investigating possible causes is setting themselves up for lots and lots of "haunted" homes, spooked out children, and probably spooked out selves. I know some people that think their home is haunted just because it's old and has creaky sounds.. that is not a haunting, that's wood fluctuating with temperature and humidity.0 -
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We lived in an OLD house in north carolina - cleaned the kitchen and went to bed. My husband came home from work and wanted to know why I left the hot chocolate stuff out and put the chairs on the table. I never did and the kids were to little. come to find out an older woman died in that home and she always picked the chairs up off the floor and mopped before she went to bed.
She also had hot chocolate every night.
Also when my nephew died just before my sister called to tell me a light that hadn't work in years (over my kitchen sink) came on. When talking to my parents and other siblings all of them had some type of "light" story to tell that happened just before receiving the news about our nephew. Coincidence? I think not0 -
Those are incredible stories. And I don't think there is such thing as coincidence, I believe everything happens for a reason.I do belive I do I do I do -
We lived in an OLD house in north carolina - cleaned the kitchen and went to bed. My husband came home from work and wanted to know why I left the hot chocolate stuff out and put the chairs on the table. I never did and the kids were to little. come to find out an older woman died in that home and she always picked the chairs up off the floor and mopped before she went to bed.
She also had hot chocolate every night.
Also when my nephew died just before my sister called to tell me a light that hadn't work in years (over my kitchen sink) came on. When talking to my parents and other siblings all of them had some type of "light" story to tell that happened just before receiving the news about our nephew. Coincidence? I think not0 -
i feel the same way as i do about God. I dont know, and wouldnt like to say i either believed or disbelieved. Certainly wouldnt live my life worrying about it/them0
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I don't believe in ghosts in terms of that the ghost is a 'person' or their soul. I think that IF spirits are real, it's simply a manifestation of energy.0
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I believe that some souls in purgatory appear to the pious. I also beliieve that demons do a damn good job of lying to those who are seeking "ghosts" for they have more knowledge than us. If you're interested in reading on the difference, check out the book Hungry Souls (it's a quick read and has some fascinating pictures). Also read up on Maria Simma...very insightful0
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See my statement aboveI also wonder about Christians who believe in ghosts. Wouldn't these ghosts be in heaven or hell?0 -
I believe in ghosts, but I have not always believed. Here is my story and it is not scary at all. My mom and I went on a Ghost Walk in Savanah, GA. They take you to all the old houses, and one of the houses they took us too was the house were Juliette Gordon Low either grew up or lived as an adult (don't remember at this point). The tour leader made fun of the Juliette Gordon Low's appreance and my mom and I took exception to his comments. As a former Girl Scout and Girl Scout leader, respectively we voiced our objection to his statements.
Later that day, back at our hotel we went to the car to go out to dinner, and there was a Girl Scout badge on the trunk of my car. The tour we were on was no where near our hotel, the tourleader and other tour goers did not know where we were staying. We check with the hotels in the area and no Girl Scout groups were staying at the hotel (it was not summer time when the usually come to see her home). I am a Christian and my mom is an ardent Atheist, but it seemed very clear to both of use that Juliette had somehow given us that badge.0 -
Short answer is yes.0
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Heh heh, see to me that's fascinating, not creepy. Unless the 12 inch scissors in the First Aid Kit appeared under the sheets later....
You're welcome.
Now you'll be looking :laugh:
who has 12 inch scissors in the first aid kit? I don't think I even have 12 inch scissors in my house! haha
and yes, I believe in ghosts. you asked about religion too....I'm not basing this off of my spiritual beliefs, but I have known a handful of witches and my husband's family is full of them and I certainly believe in demons too, the stuff that goes on during their rituals is certainly "other worldly"0 -
I believe that some souls in purgatory appear to the pious. I also beliieve that demons do a damn good job of lying to those who are seeking "ghosts" for they have more knowledge than us. If you're interested in reading on the difference, check out the book Hungry Souls (it's a quick read and has some fascinating pictures). Also read up on Maria Simma...very insightful
haha you said "demons do a DAMN good job...." that makes me chuckle0 -
Here's my question for those who believe in ghosts (and are parents).
What do you tell your children when they say they've seen a ghost? Or that there's a monster in the closet? Do you say "There's no such thing now go back to bed" or do you grab them, check into a motel and sell your home?
If my daughter tells me she's scared of something supernatural I tell her there's no such thing. So I figure if I'm going to say it I best believe it myself.
Both of my youngest have coming running into our room proclaiming monsters. Either my husband or myself would go back into their rooms with them and try to recreate the scenario that they think they saw or heard something scary. We've been able to point out shadows, catch the wind whistling, or whatever to show that it wasn't a monster or ghost. Sometimes it helped their fears, sometimes it didn't but we tried not to just blow off their fears with, "go back to bed, there's no monsters."
My oldest had an experience (I can't remember the details) that he described to me and then afterward told me he believed it was a ghost. He was the only one at home when it happened and there was no obvious alternative mundane explanation for what he experienced. I told him it could be a ghost, it could be something more rational. He chose to believe it was a ghost and I warned him that others may not share that opinion if he told that story to others.
I don't believe every weird thing I've experienced is because of a ghost and I have sought out rational explanations, not just jumping to that conclusion. And I am still open to the possibility that the weird things with no other seeming explanation may in fact not be a ghost. I try to teach my children the same, look for another answer first. If you can't find one, then maybe it could be something supernatural.0 -
I also wonder about Christians who believe in ghosts. Wouldn't these ghosts be in heaven or hell?
Don't forget about purgatory. It's possible that earth is purgatory for these spirits and that is why they are not in heaven or hell. I strongly believe in the supernatural (and I'm a Christian) mostly because I've had too many weird things happen to me.0 -
I'm a Christian and I honestly cannot tell you a resounding "yes" or "no" whether I do believe or not. I believe in angels, and I believe the stories I have heard of angels saving them or guiding them away from danger. I have a family member that was molested as a child and when she was little, always talked about her guardian angel, "The Pink Lady." Years later after the sexual abuse came out, we were able to connect the dots and see that the years hearing about "The Pink Lady" were her years of molestation. I DO believe an angel repeatedly appeared to her throughout those years to give her some hope and comfort her at night.
My beliefs are conflicted because I do not believe in purgatory - I believe that you are judged when you die and that God does not send you to a purgatory to "work off" your sins. So you step into your coffin and will either be pressing up or down, no middle ground. That being said, I do hear of people who have spiritual experiences that I do not believe could all be lies, so where are these spirits from? Are they demons? Angels? I don't know. It's not something I've really worked out for myself yet.
ETA: I will say though that I find the subject of ghosts and ghost stories extremely fascinating.0 -
I believe because I have experienced it on more than one occasion and from different sources. Can I prove any of them? I guess only one...but the proof healed later.
This one I am talking about me and two friends went to a place supposedly haunted..I was skeptical and being a smartass, I pounded on the doors saying stuff like, "you hoo...anyone here? Come prove yourself!" well we were walking a few minutes later, my two friends a few paces in front of me when suddenly I felt something slam into my back...hard...I flew past my two friends and ate dirt..my glasses got knocked right off my face and were a few feet away...I was walking, I did not trip...even if I did trip, not with such force as I was walking slowly. We immediately left and on the way home my whole side burned...we got to my friends house and I went into the bathroom to see what was wrong..I called both friends in to show them...I had distinct human fingernail scratches down my whole side..deep, they were bloody...it scared the crud outta me......so..I believe.
Also, this house we are in sometimes has strange stuff go on, not often..but every now and then....for example my daughter was out of her room talking to me..we heard a commotion in her room, sounded like stuff being thrown around and we go in and the room is a total mess, posters ripped off the wall, a very, very antique doll is sitting on her bed when it was on the bookshelf.......my mother also experienced this house...I walked by the bathroom and the faucet suddenly went on..I went in to shut it off and the mirror flew open almost hitting my face..it was actually kinda funny...my mom walked in and I told her and she rolled her eyes and said I imagined it and dared it to open the door...it didn't. Well, she went into her room (the one that was my daughters that got tossed) and her smoking materials were scatted everywhere (she uses a cigarette maker to make cigarettes) and the cigarettes she had just made a few minutes before were torn into itty bitty pieces. We still to this day have things happen every now and then.0 -
Nope. Just psychological nonsense.0
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I'm open to the possibility - I think there are a lot of things we don't understand about the world, and possibly never will. Some things can't be proved in a concrete way. It's like telepathic communication, for example - my mother/sister/grandmother and I always 'know' when one of the others is upset/hurt/very happy/needs a phone call, despite living in different continents and timezones. Nothing can be 'proved', but I believe it happens, because it has happened to me. I'm a fairly logical sort of person, but I'm happy to accept that some things don't fit neatly into a box. Keeps life interesting!0
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Nope. Just psychological nonsense.
Can you really be so sure? I polled a few friends. Easter Bunny, Santa Claus. Tooth Fairy. The vote was 2 to 1 against the possibility. Just because common sense, science and rational reasoning don't support the boogie man or ghosts is no reason to rule it out.0 -
I'm a hardcore skeptic these days.
I never believed in ghosts as "spirits of the dead" or any of that religious bunk, but for a couple of decades I did believe that there were rare phenomenon, as yet unexplained by science, that folks could interpret as such. There was a point in my mid 20s where I was very active in it - I was a member of the Ghost Club and ASSAP for a while.
Then I moved to America and lost all belief in most people's capability for rational thought.
Now I'm more interested in the psychological aspects of paranormal experience... that's where the really fun stuff is.0 -
I think the mind is a beautiful thing that we don't even have a glimpse of what it's capable of.0
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Here's my question for those who believe in ghosts (and are parents).
What do you tell your children when they say they've seen a ghost? Or that there's a monster in the closet? Do you say "There's no such thing now go back to bed" or do you grab them, check into a motel and sell your home?
If my daughter tells me she's scared of something supernatural I tell her there's no such thing. So I figure if I'm going to say it I best believe it myself.
Both of my youngest have coming running into our room proclaiming monsters. Either my husband or myself would go back into their rooms with them and try to recreate the scenario that they think they saw or heard something scary. We've been able to point out shadows, catch the wind whistling, or whatever to show that it wasn't a monster or ghost. Sometimes it helped their fears, sometimes it didn't but we tried not to just blow off their fears with, "go back to bed, there's no monsters."
My oldest had an experience (I can't remember the details) that he described to me and then afterward told me he believed it was a ghost. He was the only one at home when it happened and there was no obvious alternative mundane explanation for what he experienced. I told him it could be a ghost, it could be something more rational. He chose to believe it was a ghost and I warned him that others may not share that opinion if he told that story to others.
I don't believe every weird thing I've experienced is because of a ghost and I have sought out rational explanations, not just jumping to that conclusion. And I am still open to the possibility that the weird things with no other seeming explanation may in fact not be a ghost. I try to teach my children the same, look for another answer first. If you can't find one, then maybe it could be something supernatural.
Your parenting style?
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I accept the possibility that ghosts, as defined by whatever parameters, exist, but that's not the same thing as believing in them. I tend to have very few "beliefs" because I place more value on keeping my mind open to possibilities, rational inquiry, and evidence. There are a few notable exceptions that take the form of superstitions I hold, but I credit those to having a rather active imagination as a child.
To me, just believing in the existence of ghosts in the absence of evidence is as narrow-minded as assuming they don't exist. Whether or not I accept someone else's experience, or even my own, as evidence that ghosts exist is another matter entirely.
I don't have children and I'm not sure what I'd do as a parent dealing with a child who claims to have a seen a ghost. In part, that's because some kids are just different than others. I'd like to think that I would acknowledge the possibility and convince the child that whatever prompted them to be afraid of ghosts may not what they think it is. Besides, who says ghosts are a bad thing? Sure there could be a ghost; it might be friendly.0
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