Do you Believe in Ghosts/Spirits?

[Hovershy 3,815]

No, I don't believe in ghosts. I've never seen one, so yeah.   I think if ghosts were actually real, there would be solid evidence, and not just a bunch of stories and videos that are obviously faked.

[DubWolf 17,528]

Welp, I did have an experience with some outing pretty scary when I was 7, so I think I'll have to believe there are paranormal entities out there. Plus, how can you explain all the sightings? This does conflict with my religious views ---I don't recall such passages of a literal ghost walking among us . I haven't read the bible much in a while though.--- Do we all just turn into ghosts?!

[Sceethe 704]

 Plus, how can you explain all the sightings?

photoshop.

 

but seriously,mind explaining what happened when you were 7? you make us curious and then just leave us in this state xD

 

 

i personally dont believe in ghosts, at least not in the classic spooky guys who go through walls and levitate objects.

it simply isnt possible in the laws of physics for such a creature to exist(at least as far as i know)

and i am pretty sure that God cant just say " screw physics" and send anything he wants to our world.

[SkyDream 315]

"God" would have nothing to do with it though. The laws of physics indeed wouldn't change. Our understanding of them would. It's not like we have any ghosts to do any scientific studies on. I don't rely on popular TV shows to exhibit real phenomena because ratings and budgets are important to the producers, so special effects can always be introduced to save the show. Not that I'm even considering that medium as a legitimate avenue for ghost exhibition anyway.

[DubWolf 17,528]

photoshop.

 

but seriously,mind explaining what happened when you were 7? you make us curious and then just leave us in this state xD

 

 

i personally dont believe in ghosts, at least not in the classic spooky guys who go through walls and levitate objects.

it simply isnt possible in the laws of physics for such a creature to exist(at least as far as i know)

and i am pretty sure that God cant just say " screw physics" and send anything he wants to our world.

I'm sure there have been photos taken of sightings much before we've had photoshop available.

 

If the search feature were active, I'd tell you to search "glow, gurgling (or gargling), eyes" for my story. I think those are some words I used that aren't used often here. I've posted it a few times; it was quite creepy .

 

Aside from photos, there are lots of stories revolving around the supernatural. Real or not, I'm not sure.

Edited July 20, 2014 by Super80 Wolf

[Khaoios 1,970]

I'm sure there have been photos taken of sightings much before we've had photoshop available.

If the search feature were active, I'd tell you to search "glow, gurgling (or gargling), eyes" for my story. I think those are some words I used that aren't used often here. I've posted it a few times; it was quite creepy .

Aside from photos, there are lots of stories revolving around the supernatural. Real or not, I'm not sure.

If you want, look up the ghostly airman for WWI. There wss a group photo taken and they say the airman that was killed two days earlier ended up in the picture. No tamper or anything and they said once the photo was developed, it scared the shit of out of the airmen in the photo.

[Sceethe 704]

"God" would have nothing to do with it though. The laws of physics indeed wouldn't change. Our understanding of them would. It's not like we have any ghosts to do any scientific studies on. I don't rely on popular TV shows to exhibit real phenomena because ratings and budgets are important to the producers, so special effects can always be introduced to save the show. Not that I'm even considering that medium as a legitimate avenue for ghost exhibition anyway.

i dont really get what that has to do with "poular tv shows", honestly i have no idea what you are referring to here.

i get the point you are making before that though,and i kinda have to agree, that something i didnt think about.

maybe it´s our understanding which is lacking, that would make sense

 

I'm sure there have been photos taken of sightings much before we've had photoshop available.

 

 

those couldve been faked too, i was just giving an example(i know that wasnt very easy to get out of my post)

 

i am not telling you what to believe in, maybe supernatural things exist.

but unless their exisatance is proven to me, i wont believe in it.

 

i also had some strange encounters, but those were in my childhood, so i dont really know what to think about it.

[Deathstroke 1,564]

I don't believe in these things 

[SkyDream 315]

i dont really get what that has to do with "poular tv shows", honestly i have no idea what you are referring to here.

i get the point you are making before that though,and i kinda have to agree, that something i didnt think about.

maybe it´s our understanding which is lacking, that would make sense

Forgive my whatever it is there, but isn't there a show called Ghost Hunters? I don't have cable though, so don't quote me on anything.

[crisahys 149]

I absolutely believe in ghosts. I do have a theory on ghosts. In my opinion, the spirits in this world are either demons or fallen angels. Other than that, they're nothing more than electro-magnetic clouds that are able to control the central nervousness of the brain, which is why we have possessions. Plus, there are always forms of electro-magnetic currents that can move objects, operate electrical machines, etc... 

 

[SCS 7,537]

Hey there, @Bronychan1214. There was already a topic in existence for discussing whether or not you believe in ghosts/spirits, so I merged yours into it.

[Bronychan1214 150]

Hey there, @Bronychan1214. There was already a topic in existence for discussing whether or not you believe in ghosts/spirits, so I merged yours into it.

Oh well thanks then, Didn't know sorry 

[Luna 831 466]

yes  i do believe in ghosts.

 

 

[Washougal_Otaku 1,020]

I believe that most "ghost sitings" are the results of overactive imaginations.  Some could have some sort of legitimacy, but until I have some form of proof, I don't think I could ever believe in ghosts.

 

Now, as another possibility...  I was raised in a Christian home, and do believe that there is (at the very least) some form of truth to the faith.  Along with this, there are demons.  I believe that some demons could be portraying those that have passed on in order to add to the deception of what the afterlife is truly about.

 

I'm gonna end it here.

[(MARVEL) Blue Blood 991]

I used to believe in ghosts, and even though I don't believe in ghosts that much anymore, there's still the thought of "Oh god, please don't come out and scare the shit out of me," when I'm getting milk or water to drink at 2 AM in the morning. 

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

I am in the unpopular opinion. But my experiences were not the result of brain trauma or some drug. So all I can say is evidence can take a hike. My experience trumps evidence and people honestly make things more complicated than they need to be. People need to avoid the big business ghost hunters channels. You need to watch personal EVPs without hollywood editing. 

[SkyDream 315]

^ Your avatar is most fitting for this conversation, Markz0ne.

 

< I do believe that some people have experiences that really and truly cannot be explained away, most likely due to inherent additions to senses that other people do not have. For example, there is a percentage of the human female population that can see more colors of the orange portion of the color spectrum than other humans. How do they describe something that other people can't see? We all know the example of how to explain "red" to someone who is colorblind, and this is hardly any different.

 

Some people just have fewer "filters" blocking their vision than the rest of us schmoes. They can see and experience more than we can, and although we don't have to believe them for our own sake, it's a lot easier to believe that some people are born with fewer filters, because that's a possible thing. As to WHAT filters, and WHAT they're filtering, that we cannot say without having those filters toggleable for ourselves.

 

V Hello. Had to put something in here for this carrot. Unless it's a caret. Firefox spellcheck has no problems with it, so that's great. Though it doesn't like "Spellcheck" but I stopped caring nine words ago.

[Ardhacandra 133]

 

 

^ Your avatar is most fitting for this conversation, Markz0ne. < I do believe that some people have experiences that really and truly cannot be explained away, most likely due to inherent additions to senses that other people do not have. For example, there is a percentage of the human female population that can see more colors of the orange portion of the color spectrum than other humans. How do they describe something that other people can't see? We all know the example of how to explain "red" to someone who is colorblind, and this is hardly any different. Some people just have fewer "filters" blocking their vision than the rest of us schmoes. They can see and experience more than we can, and although we don't have to believe them for our own sake, it's a lot easier to believe that some people are born with fewer filters, because that's a possible thing. As to WHAT filters, and WHAT they're filtering, that we cannot say without having those filters toggleable for ourselves. V Hello. Had to put something in here for this carrot. Unless it's a caret. Firefox spellcheck has no problems with it, so that's great. Though it doesn't like "Spellcheck" but I stopped caring nine words ago.

 

Well said, bro. Even though I don't believe in ghosts, people should understand that we can only see a VERY small portion of the colour spectrum. This means that there are at LEAST some things that can't be explained ATM. 

[Thunderlane 550]

All these people at school going on about Ouija boards *FACEPALM*

[Lunatic Cake 1,618]

Honestly I was never really sure whether ghosts as such exist but now I'm sure they do.

 

Ever since I've lived in my house I felt somewhat uneasy at times, as if somebody was watching me, especially when I stand on top of the stairs. It doesn't really help that I saw a face in a window once which at first I thought was my imagination but right now I question it. A friend of mine who occasionally plays games online with me has recorded some footage of a ghost girl saying "mother" in one of the clips he recorded coming from my headset. I never told that guy about any occurences that happened to me or that my house could be in any way haunted so that sort of freaked me out. Especially because the face I've seen back then was one of a girl and I sometimes hear somebody say my name and I am asking my parents what they want from me although they never said my name xD. Yeah, it's weird.

[GreyScholar 1,584]

All these people at school going on about Ouija boards *FACEPALM*

It could be said there is some legitimacy to Ouija boards. More that it should not be treated as a toy or game as there are darker forces that could use such boards to harm others.

 

That is, for those that believe in demons and malevolent spirits anyway there is danger. Even if it is BS the power of suggestion and fear causing to to see or experience things no there which makes messing with an Ouija board dangerous still. Better just to leave it alone.

Edited August 1, 2014 by EquestrianScholar

[Radiance64 7,053]

I don't know... maybe ghosts do exist, maybe they don't. I lean more towards the side that they do though.

[iceestarz 5,765]

Yes.

 

When I was about four my grandma passed away due to cancer. My mom always tells me this story, I've heard it like a hundred times. A little while after it happened she found my older sister(who was like 5 at the time) sitting on her bed talking to herself. My mom was like "what...are you doing?" And so my sister starts telling my mom that grandma was on the bed talking to her, telling her stories. And my mom was kind of weirded out, but then my sister starts talking about how grandma was telling her about a dog named Skippy. My mom had never heard the name before, so she asked her aunt about it. Sure enough my grandpa(who passed away with cancer before I was born) had a dog named Skippy when he was younger. My aunt thought it was random for her to ask, and so my mom told her what had happened. Nobody told my sister about the dog, nobody ever said anything about it.

 

And yet she started talking about the dog, which nobody had ever mentioned to her.

[Silverhoof 2,844]

No, I do not believe in ghosts. Though they are the recurring subject of my nightmares.

 

Humans have an instinctual fear of the dark. Its a primal survival thing I think. Combine that with the fact that houses make noises at night and you end up with ghosts.

 

All the photos I've seen were fake, You never see ghosts on the various ghost hunter shows (so I stopped watching). With cameras everywhere, you would think one at least would catch a ghost.

[hip-indeed 304]

The shortest post I'll ever make;

Nope!