does ghosts really exist?

Answer 1

In certain cases I believe ghost can exist. These are lost souls who can get lost in their plane of existence. They do not travel to the light above them. This is God's Holy light and even though they are drawn there, they resist this. I don't think this is silly at all. Eventually they will go into God's Holy light. They can't resist for long.

Answer 2

I always wondered about that myself and then I went on a "Haunted House Tour" in New Orleans (long before Hurricane Katrina) to see if there was anything to it and we experienced a "cold spot" that I couldn't explain. The room was just normal, a bit warm (since it was late April) and then suddenly a woman in the group asked why it had gotten so cold. She was standing in this cold spot. I put my hand in the spot and it was like reaching into a deep freezer.

I then worked in a haunted building for 2 years. I beleive ghosts exist.

Answer 3

No, in this present century I believe there are no ghosts but once I read somewhere that ghosts did exist before 1950s.

Answer 4

Ghost does exist as spiritual being. This was even confirmed by Jesus when he walked over the water, when his disciples mistaken him for a ghost.
The Bible strictly forbidden to communicate with them.

Answer 5

yes. The soul departed from the world at the young age, due to accidents etc could not reach the heaven since the soul left without even enjoyed the life by availing the facilities accorded by super nature . To fulfil their ambition the departed soul will be in search of another soul matched to its wishes.

Answer 6

GHOSTS...hmmm. I presume you're thinking "Ghost Buster' right? I've seen them all my life. Spirits. Some are kind and some are not of this world. Every inch of our space is filled with them. Imagine this... if you could see all of them, you would be unable to comprehend reality. I think that's why most of us can't. Too hard for the mind to accept.

Answer 7

The earliest literature to rationally discuss the issue comes from the Chinese philosopher, Mo Tzu (470-391 BC)

"Since we must understand whether ghosts and spirits exist or not, how can we find out? Mo Tzu said: The way to find out whether anything exists or not is to depend on the testimony of the ears and eyes of the multitude. If some have heard it or some have seen it then we have to say it exists. If no one has heard it and no one has seen it then we have to say it does not exist. So, then, why not go to some village or some district and inquire? If from antiquity to the present, and since the beginning of man, there are men who have seen the bodies of ghosts and spirits and heard their voices, how can we say that they do not exist? If none have heard them and none have seen them, then how can we say they do? But those who deny the existence of the spirits say: "Many in the world have heard and seen something of ghosts and spirits. Since they vary in testimony, who are to be accepted as really having heard and seen them? Mo Tzu said: As we are to rely on what many have jointly seen and what many have jointly heard, the case of Tu Po is to be accepted. (note: King Hsuan (827-783 BC) executed his minister, Tu Po, on false charges even after being warned that Tu Po's ghost would seek revenge. Three years later, according to historical chronicles, Tu's ghost shot and killed Hsuan with a bow and arrow before an assembly of feudal lords)" — Taken from Chapter 31, translated by Yi-pao Mei
Sceptical analysis
While some accept ghosts as a reality, many others are sceptical of the existence of ghosts. For example, the vast majority of the scientific community believes that ghosts, as well as other supernatural and paranormal entities, do not exist.[verification needed]

Sceptics often explain ghost sightings with the principle of Occam's razor, which argues that explanations should maximize parsimony with the rest of our knowledge. They may suggest that, since few to none of us have ever had an interpersonal relationship with a ghost, but most or all of us have had an experience of self-delusion or have attributed a false cause to an event, that these options should be preferred in the absence of a great abundance of evidence. They are also keen to note that most ghost sightings happen when our senses are impaired, and that the evidence is unreliable because it doesn't occur when we have full use of our faculties.

Occasionally, the sincerity and motive of the claimant will be questioned. They might make up a haunting for a personal reason. For example, lingering of ghosts is typically associated with seeking justice or revenge. Ascribing such motives and powers to dead people could be interpreted as a scare tactic. Also, a person might claim a haunting for personal popularity and income.

Human physiology may make us more susceptible to ghost sightings. Ghosts are often associated with a chilling sensation, but a natural animal response to fear is hair raising, which can be mistaken for chill. Also, the peripheral vision is very sensitive to motion, but does not contain much colour or focused shapes. Any random motion outside the focused view can create a strong illusion of an eerie figure. Sound waves with frequencies lower than 20 hertz are called infrasound and normally inaudible, but British scientists Richard Lord and Richard Wiseman have concluded that infrasound can cause humans to feel a "presence" in the room, or unexplained feelings of anxiety or dread.[2]

Sometimes ghosts are associated with electromagnetic disturbances, which suggests that they might be attributable to the electromagnetic field and not to a presently dead person. Often, videos of paranormal investigators will show them using E-field or B-field detectors and finding "ghostly" results near wall outlets and electrical appliances.

Psychological factors may also relate to ghost sightings. Many people exaggerate their interpretation of their own perceptions, either when visiting a place they believe to be haunted, or when visiting a site which they know has seen unpleasant historical events. Certain images such as paintings and movies might "program" a person to automatically associate a certain structure or area as haunted because of what they have seen in the movies. As well, the psychological phenomenon of pareidolia may cause people to perceive human-like faces or figures in the otherwise mundane surroundings of their environments, particularly in conditions where vision is partly obscured, as in a dark corridor or at night.

Answer 8

They must exist in order for movies, cartoons and songs to made about them...whether they only exist in the observor's mind or "really" on the observor's lawn chair, they seem to exist, one way or another.

Answer 9

I believe that, if science/logic can prove it, then I'll believe it. I believe it for the most part now. I mean, all those ghost stories, that's alot of people that are lieing if they're not real.

Answer 10

Yes