How can people say that something such as God, ghosts, and other supernatural things are imaginary when...?

Question

You can't tell a person they didn't see what they saw without brainwashing them into thinking they didn't see it. or hear it or feel it or smell it etc.

You can't prove that a person didn't see (or hear, feel smell etc.) what they did. so why say its imaginary just because you can't see hear feel or smell it.

Instead of saying something like God, ghosts, and other supernatural things aren't real either prove that they aren't real or quit telling people they aren't unless you can prove it

I'm not saying that these things ARE real nor am i saying to humor them my point of this question is that when someone asks a question about God or ghosts i've seen more athiests answer that they don't exist. instead of saying these things why not remain silent. When someone asks if God or a ghost is real and an athiest claims that God or a ghost isn't real why isn't the burden of proof on them?

Answer 1

Everybody's calling for the "burden of proof" to apply. So when a poster tells me God does not exist, why does he not have to prove that? And since evolution has not been proved, why don't they have to put up or shut up as regards evidence?

Some people I respect have said they saw a ghost. I personally doubt ghosts exist, but the fact that I have never seen one does not disprove them.

Answer 2

God, there were people think that they could feel the presence of the god. But do they really feel it, we don't know. But they continue let this belief to be spread among the people. As god was spread around the world, many people started to claim that they can feel the presence of god.
Was ghost really existed? The scienticfic have prove that ghost does not existed at all. They were imaginary from people who is under a lot of stress.
Supernatural things does happen once in the while. There were many things we cannot predicts and there were people who claim that they have supernatural power.

Answer 3

Well it's hard to prove or disprove. Yes I've seen ghosts and I've seen other things that I can't prove. I've felt things I can't prove. It doesn't mean they didn't happen. It just means for those who don't believe it didn't see or feel it.

As to the first answerer. As you said the burden of proof is on the one making the claim. Therefore when you say it doesn't exist then you put yourself in the position to have to prove it doesn't. It's a never ending battle, ya know? It doesn't mean either person is wrong. It just means we've had different experiences.

Answer 4

Carl Sagan said that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. The burden of proof is with people who say such things exist. My brother said he saw ghosts many times. He took me to spots where he had seen them several times, but I saw nothing. The only times I saw what seemed to be ghosts, I looked closely and saw it was natural things, not supernatural ones. Mom's father and Dad's older brother were like me in discovering what apparent ghosts really were. I could tell my brother what he really saw if I had been with him when he saw "ghosts". That is not brainwashing but helping him to see truth. As for gods, holy books are proof that gods do not exist, for these books have contradictions galore and pathetic ignorance of science. A god who created the universe could not be so ignorant about it, but men claiming to speak for gods are ignorant for sure.

Answer 5

Because ignorance is so much better to live with. If people really understood that we are surrounded by the spirits of those long gone it would be very nerve wrecking. It is so much better to think they didn't exist. But fortunately there is people with the gift to see what others cant. Burden of proof theory is a cop out! If that were to hold true then there would be no religion!!!! Have you seen God?? Have you seen the Devil they try to scare you with???
Read " BEHOLD A PALE HORSE" by William Cooper and find out what else is kept as imaginary.
Peace and love be with you.

Answer 6

Perhaps, but your subjective truth is not contingent on my reality. You can believe/feel whatever you want, but don't expect me to humor you. I am fully aware that for all sensations/feelings/delusions there are synapses firing and chemicals being releases in the brain to give that perception. And there is no laboratory proof for any of those phenomenon you mention. No credible proof, anyway.

Have a nice day!

Edit: As for why people post in response to questions about these phenomenon with a simple, "They don't exist," I can only imagine because they are concerned that superstition is becoming rampant and interfering with scientific inquiry. They seem to think that the person asking cares for their opinion more than their own experiences.

Answer 7

Only if you likewise stop insisting its real without proof either.

Matters of faith (either way) cannot be proven. The only viable solution is respect on all sides and allowing people to believe what they want. State what you believe, but trying to force it on others is undoubtably wrong.

If you state it properly and make yourself opened, the people who are curious or interested will stop and ask a genuine question-that is where education and conversion begins, not at soap boxes and door knocking.

Answer 8

That's more a Rant than a Question, did you forget to take your meds? Who let you out of the "Privacy Room" anyway?

Damn,

Sharon!! Did you give cousin billy the keys to the cellar agin? He done left a door open and somuns ben messing with the 'puter!

Answer 9

Reminds me of John Donne's meditations. If we imagine something and we exist then doesn't it really have to exist because it is part of us and we exist. LOL
Just because you can't imagine a 1000 sided figure in your head as easily as a 3 sided figure doesn't mean its not as capable of existing. We are human and there are things that exist that we have not proof and can not comprehend.

Answer 10

Disproving a revealed deity (theism) is trivial, if you have a basic knowledge of neuroscience.

However, when I say, "There are no ghosts," I am not saying, "You're lying about having seen a ghost." I'm saying, "Oh, no, there are no ghosts, but your observation and experience is valid. It's simply that there is another, more reasonable explanation. Care to find it with me?"