I'm not talking about that user 'Ghost' who I think got banned now but the paranomral occurence.
I personally believe it to be a bunch of lies made up by attention seekers, bored people, scammers etc.
2007-07-10 08:28:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Alternative ➔ Paranormal Phenomena
I can prove that ghosts dont exist.
2007-07-10 08:34:28 · update #1
ALL ghosts are fictional, including the "holy" ghost!
A lot of ghost stories are indeed created by attention seekers, poltergeists for example are typically focussed around adolescent girls and they are directly performing the actions they blame on the "ghost."
Some ghosts are created for financial reasons. Many old English stately homes NEED a ghost to bring in the gullible tourists!
What annoys me more than anything is seeing an otherwise level-headed adult watching a bunch of actors shaking a table in the dark on Most Haunted and trying to pass this junk off as "documentary." It is about as real as WWE wrestling.
2007-07-10 09:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by undercover elephant 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well certainly fraud figures into it, but I don't think fraud is the major player here. Some people simply believe in ghosts because it meshes with their religious view of the world/universe. Some believe because they had a weird experience one that they couldn't explain, so they attribute the unexplained to ghosts.
But despite all the ghost stories floating around, there still isn't any credible evidence for them. You'd think with all these people having all these supernatural experiences that we'd have a big heap of evidence by now, but so far we have nothing but bad photographs and unintelligible EVP recordings.
I personally don't believe in ghosts, leprechauns, faeries, etc. Very fantastic, no evidence, ergo no belief is justified.
Regarding your proof that ghosts don't exist, a universal negative is a difficult thing to prove. I'm dubious of the quality of your proof. Care to share it?
2007-07-10 08:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by John 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Several years ago i was driving through the avenue of trees at badbury rings in dorset in the dark when i could see a pair of mans legs running back and forth across the road in front of the car that was coming toward me on tother side of the road, it was a man from the waist down i couldn't see his top half, then the other car just drove thru him.
A few years ago I was visiting my grandmother and whilst showing her how to use the new remote I saw my grandfather walk past me.
At neither time was I scared or shocked, I didn't really think about it till I got home.
2007-07-10 11:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by willow 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The mind is a great thing and will fill in any blanks. People do believe that the see something but all they are seeing is what their mind tell them that the think they should be seeing. So when they wake up during the night and see a coat over a chair, before they know it it has arms and legs.
Ronnie
2007-07-10 09:49:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would love to believe in ghosts - I would also love to believe in all the weird & wonderful things that appear to happen.
Sadly I think most of them could be explained by science - and anyway there is no scientific method of proving that mythological things really exist!
2007-07-10 08:39:09 · answer #5 · answered by Hedge Witch 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
go on then prove to us that ghosts dont exist. Theres one standing right behind you tho!!
Personally i think ghosts do exist and are very real its just that the logical part of our brain tries to explain it away using science. Ive experienced too much weirdness not to believe
2007-07-10 08:45:13 · answer #6 · answered by Louise g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in ghosts! I believe that people use that as an excuse to make the dead relive! Now if you think that you feel a spirit from them thats find! But Ghosts are mythical creatures that are used to enertain the human mind and persuade others to believe in them! In my eyes THEY ARE NOT REAL!
2007-07-10 15:53:37 · answer #7 · answered by Lil_angel_4l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will not pretend that I know of all cases, and the legitimacy of each one.
However, my opinion is that ghosts are not people who are bound to earth after death.
It is popular in our culture to automatically assume that dead people have a choice between going to heaven, hell, becoming and angel, being bound to earth as an orb, being bound to earth as a blob of ectoplasm, or being reborn as a duck.
About 98% of hauntings can be easily explained. The other 2% (not that they can't be explained, just not as easily) do not support the belief that dead people are walking around consciencely amongst the living.
I do believe in Angels and Demons.
2007-07-10 08:43:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that ghosts are a way to explain something that we currently are unable to explain. I am sure there is a scientific explanation for every ghost story, we just may not have the technology yet to prove that it is not a ghost.
I think it is rude to call people who think they see ghosts names or liars... Let people have their thoughts.
2007-07-10 08:37:35 · answer #9 · answered by Go Bears! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think 'Ghosts' dont exist its just your mind telling u that there's something somewhere in your room or behind you. If you start thinking there's a ghost in the house, you are goner start feeling and believing so.
2007-07-10 09:28:40 · answer #10 · answered by xxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋