Have You Ever Seen A Ghost?

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I'm wondering if you've ever seen a ghost or had a poltergeist experience. I am a Christian and never thought that I would but my friend had a problem at his house. Turns out - holy jeepers they are real. I saw doors opening and closing and tv's turning on and off, people speaking and breathing so loud that it was scary and black shadows passing by.
Anybody else ever have a paranormal experience?
  • Profile picture of the author kingofoverkill
    I haven't seen any ghosts.
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  • Profile picture of the author Christie Love
    I swear I hear ghosts in my parents house. I am one person who doesn't scare easily. But, I know that when everyone's out the house, I hear strange noise.

    Just the other day, while I was in the house by myself, I was upstairs working on the computer. My room is right next to the stair well. I could have sworn I heard someone dragging the chairs across the hard wood floors downstairs. Well, the only other person in the house was my Grandma and she can't move so I know it wasn't her.

    One day, my mother was in her bed knitting. Both dogs were in her room at the time. She heard footsteps stumping up the stairs. The dogs went bazerk! The footsteps got to the top of the stairs and stopped. She said, the ghosts must have came to the wrong house and left.

    Weird. I have so many stories, I could go all night. But, I won't bore you.
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    • Profile picture of the author andrewharrison
      I have seen ghosts and more. . . Kind of freaked me out. There must BE a logical explanation for the energy.
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    • Profile picture of the author gareth
      Originally Posted by Christie Love View Post

      I swear I hear ghosts in my parents house. I am one person who doesn't scare easily. But, I know that when everyone's out the house, I hear strange noise.

      Just the other day, while I was in the house by myself, I was upstairs working on the computer. My room is right next to the stair well. I could have sworn I heard someone dragging the chairs across the hard wood floors downstairs. Well, the only other person in the house was my Grandma and she can't move so I know it wasn't her.

      One day, my mother was in her bed knitting. Both dogs were in her room at the time. She heard footsteps stumping up the stairs. The dogs went bazerk! The footsteps got to the top of the stairs and stopped. She said, the ghosts must have came to the wrong house and left.

      Weird. I have so many stories, I could go all night. But, I won't bore you.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Sure there are "ghosts" - nothing anti-christian about believing in ghosts. There's a lot of explanations for them, and as far as your gospels they kind of give indication that some of the dead will just be wandering around til the trumpets blow anyhow - it's called Rapture.

    Anyhow - if you want to get some good interactions with ghosts, old mining towns are loaded with them. There could be a lot of reasons for that. Mining was one hell of a hard life, so there's a lot of negative energy from the past trapped in those places. There is also a lot of quartz crystal in many mining areas and quartz retains energy "memory" so well that it is used in the construction of computers. I'm sure it can be accidentally tapped and replay the past events somehow - something like the pressure that allowed the Indians to make those "lightning" rattles.

    We had a ghost in Empire - just across St. Mary's glacier from Central City in Colorado. It was a buro. You never would see him, but could hear his hoofbeats and the equipment clanking on his back. He would walk down from the mines around dusk and walk down main street, turn and walk a couple of blocks to the river where he would stop - just outside of the graveyard. There was also a ghost in the Golden Rose Hotel annex in Central City. It would open windows, turn on water, and steal guests belongings until they were ready to leave. We would have people come over to the office from the Annex and tell us there was a fight in the next room - people destroying the place. After telling them "No, nothing is going on" a few times, you'd have to take the key and open the room for them to see nothing was out of order. Some people would get off on it and really enjoy it - others would get beaming scared and make us relocate them to the main building.
    Molly's was exorcised after gaming was reinstated because the ghost was causing major problems. A local restaurant also had a problem with flying knives and utensils in the kitchen.

    One Halloween I did an interview with a pro in audio hauntings and he had recorded some very freaky stuff that there was no way to fake. Others have taken photos and have orbs show in them that weren't there.

    There's a lot more in heaven and earth than we'll ever understand.
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      Originally Posted by Danc1122 View Post

      How can anyone believe in ghost? Seriously.

      You guys believe in Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, and Tooth fairy too?

      It's impossible for Ghosts to ever exist... along with any other type of "spiritual" crap people believe in.

      Do people not learn Science these days? I honestly want to know how anyone could believe in this type of stuff.

      When your dead, your dead. That's all there is too it. Humans, along with every other species out there dies. Meaning your brain gets SHUT OFF, Your organs decay and eventually your just a couple pieces of bone.

      It's a simple cycle that can all be explained by science. We have come so far in advancements in Science but for some reason... people still believe in this stuff? What ever happen to common sense?
      What's up with the angry reply?
      Yes the dead are dead. I already know that but this is just a fun topic to see if anybody has had any paranormal experiences. Most people have had something strange like that in their life.
      Anyway St. Augustine here in FL has had some history. I've been to restaurants that tell tales of ghosts.
      The Seven Sisters here in Ocala has some strange stuff happen. I've investigated it as well as the Sci-Fi channel Ghost Hunters.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kay King
        I think my dog saw a ghost - not kidding!

        For eight years my shepherd "Gretta" and my chow-retreiver "Sheba" had been best friends. They shared a large dog bed, if one left a room the other followed, they played together with balls, rope pulls etc on their own initiative.

        When Sheba was 16 she had to be put to sleep as she was in pain and failing fast. For weeks, Gretta walked from room to room, wouldn't use the dog bed, appetite was off. I took her for a checkup and my vet said she was mourning. About a week after that she was laying by my desk as I worked - all of a sudden she stood and ran to a corner of the room (a totally empty corner). Her tail was wagging, her head up and she stared at the corner for several minutes and barked her "friendly" bark. From then on, the mourning was over and she was back to happy dog, sleeping on her bed, playing, etc. She never once seemed to be looking for her friend again.

        Something happened that day - and I couldn't see it. But I think she did.

        Strangest experience I've had was waking at 3 am one night about 6 years ago. There were tears on my face and a friend (a co-worker) was on my mind. I felt sad and depressed and decided I must had a dream and eventually went back to sleep. The next day I learned my friend had suffered a seizure in his bathroom and died when his head hit the tile floor.
        He died about 3 am. I told no one about what happened to me that night - it was just too weird.

        Does strange stuff happen? Yes. Maybe logic can explain most of it but I see nothing wrong with wondering if there might be more to our spirit than our physical body and brain matter.

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        • Profile picture of the author Nathan Hangen
          I don't really believe in ghosts, although I am open to their existence. I just can't think of a scientific explanation for them that makes sense. However, Phillip Pullman might have changed my mind a bit in the 2nd book of his trilogy.
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        • Profile picture of the author Curt Dillion
          Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

          I think my dog saw a ghost - not kidding!

          For eight years my shepherd "Gretta" and my chow-retreiver "Sheba" had been best friends. They shared a large dog bed, if one left a room the other followed, they played together with balls, rope pulls etc on their own initiative.

          When Sheba was 16 she had to be put to sleep as she was in pain and failing fast. For weeks, Gretta walked from room to room, wouldn't use the dog bed, appetite was off. I took her for a checkup and my vet said she was mourning. About a week after that she was laying by my desk as I worked - all of a sudden she stood and ran to a corner of the room (a totally empty corner). Her tail was wagging, her head up and she stared at the corner for several minutes and barked her "friendly" bark. From then on, the mourning was over and she was back to happy dog, sleeping on her bed, playing, etc. She never once seemed to be looking for her friend again.

          Something happened that day - and I couldn't see it. But I think she did.

          Strangest experience I've had was waking at 3 am one night about 6 years ago. There were tears on my face and a friend (a co-worker) was on my mind. I felt sad and depressed and decided I must had a dream and eventually went back to sleep. The next day I learned my friend had suffered a seizure in his bathroom and died when his head hit the tile floor.
          He died about 3 am. I told no one about what happened to me that night - it was just too weird.

          Does strange stuff happen? Yes. Maybe logic can explain most of it but I see nothing wrong with wondering if there might be more to our spirit than our physical body and brain matter.

          kay
          Things like that are sometimes just too personal to talk about. In July 1970, I had a very intense dream about my dad, who was my best friend. The colors were so vivid, I still remember them.

          In the dream, he asked me to sit down at the table with him. Then, he told me he was dying. Then, it jumped to another scene of his funeral. I woke up totally distressed. I even took the day off work to go see him. He seemed just fine.

          Three months later he went to the doctor and discovered that he had a tumor in his colon. They operated two days later, but it was too late. Over the next year and a half, my dream came true. It was a long time before I shared that with anyone.
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        • Profile picture of the author johnng
          There were more things on this earth we don't understand. I suppose everything can be better explained in terms of energy level. In terms of ghost, it is difficulty to find actual physical proof of their existence, to me the jury is still out. However, in term of luck or lack of it, for me, it is difficult to deny it. I have seen television programs to conclude against it. For me, some people can win the lottery jackpots more than once, and others like me, will be lucky to hit 2 numbers out of 6, is working against their arqument.
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            • Profile picture of the author Kay King
              You are the one leading this into a discussion of religion - which is not permitted here.

              Science - theoretical physics, quantum mechanics.....and those scientists will tell you there are things beyond understanding. There are areas of human intelligence and potential paths of communication that are not well understood. Scientists will also tell you that an open mind is required for scientific theories to be proven or disproven.

              I'm not a believer in "ghosts" but I've lived long enough to know there are forms of communication that are outside the norm - call them what you will.

              It's sort of like my belief that there are other species in the universe. I can't prove or disprove it - but I can't imagine we are the best - or the only - life form that exists in such a vast space.

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            • Profile picture of the author Chazzer
              Originally Posted by Danc1122 View Post

              Here's a start for you...

              For example... Albert Einstein, ... and I could name hundreds of others.
              Interestingly enough you spouted off a number of names and quite honestly, I don't know about the rest, however I seriously doubt your arguments when you're so incorrect about this one.

              Albert Einstein is, probably simply on an IQ scale, the most intelligent of those you named. I don't know if you've bothered to read any of the numerous biographies but it's a well known fact that he DID believe in God.

              Here are just a few quotes to back it up:
              • "I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice."
              • "God is subtle but he is not malicious."
              • "God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically."
              • "My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
              • "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
              And last but not least, something that perhaps all will consider...

              "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind."
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        • Profile picture of the author HeySal
          Originally Posted by Danc1122 View Post

          Do I have to teach you about the birds and bee's? LOL : )

          Humans, animals, and any other species out there exists because of evolution over time. It all started with 2 tiny cells that formed to make bacteria.. over thousands of years things evolve and adapt to there surroundings, changes, become more complex/advance, and the list goes on and on.

          Life can all be explained by Science.

          Sure, we don't know EVERYTHING yet(or even close to it), but someday people will... and they will be laughing hysterically at how stupid we were to believe in religion/spiritual crap...(AKA Imaginary friends! LOL)

          Of course most of people disagree with what I believe...but my question is...can you PROVE anything?

          Take me to the most "haunted" house in the world and it won't feel any different than mine.... It's ALL in your head people! Your brain is sometimes too powerful for your own good.
          I don't know where you get YOUR science, either - - but it isn't quantum physics, that's for sure.

          What explanation is there for a cease of mental energy? You can't just snuff energy - it can be transformed but can't just be snuffed. So where does our sentient energy go when we die? It goes somewhere. Science, btw, has shown that there are mental functions that are not explainable by brain matter alone.

          It isn't logic either -- what argument is there for sentience if it just expires with the physical body?
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    • Profile picture of the author MakingMoneyAtHome
      Originally Posted by Danc1122 View Post

      How can anyone believe in ghost? Seriously.

      You guys believe in Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, and Tooth fairy too?

      It's impossible for Ghosts to ever exist... along with any other type of "spiritual" crap people believe in.

      Do people not learn Science these days? I honestly want to know how anyone could believe in this type of stuff.

      When your dead, your dead. That's all there is too it. Humans, along with every other species out there dies. Meaning your brain gets SHUT OFF, Your organs decay and eventually your just a couple pieces of bone.

      It's a simple cycle that can all be explained by science. We have come so far in advancements in Science but for some reason... people still believe in this stuff? What ever happen to common sense?
      Danc,

      Sure, our body dies, because it is just a vessel for our soul. Our soul never dies.

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      • Profile picture of the author Andrew McNaught
        - evolution is a FACT. the theory of evolution by natural selection is the best explanation we have at the moment and a theory in science is much more than just a hunch. there may be gaps in the theory but that is not proof that god did it.

        - psychic readings are fake. look up cold reading or better still, look up in youtube interview of derren brown by richard dawkins where he explains the con very clearly

        - there is no evidence for ghosts and zero explanation for their existence so why do people still believe in them but dismiss science like evolution out of hand which has mountains of evidence behind it? if you go and visit a house that is supposedly haunted and you believe in ghosts your brain will be easily tricked into associating every glimmer of light or sound as evidence of a ghost being there. hoping for something or wishing it into existence is not evidence of it existing. take note those who go for readings and want to talk to dead relatives etc - the "psychics" are cruelly praying on your grieving for their own financial gain.
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  • Profile picture of the author kaden
    I personaly havn't seen a ghost. But my girlfriend swears she did. We were coming home from vegas to montana by car and stoped in a hotel in oregon. We got the only room available as it was 1am when we got there. The next morning she had all kinds of weird feelings and was saying she saw a ghost last night. I just kind of brushed it off. When we got home she looked the hotel up on the internet and what do you know. The exact room we stayed in turned out to be haunted. Many people claimed to see ghost in that same room. I was sleeping, but i'm sure she must have seen the ghost. The hotel was the gyser grand in oregon. Check it out.
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  • Profile picture of the author CTABUK
    I have a ghost in our cottage, and in our garden too. I have six guitars in my office and it is not unusual to hear them being plucked.

    Sure when you are dead you are technically 'snuffed out' but, dimensions are all around us.

    On a youtube I did last year, we did one number and after replaying it we all noticed that additional guitar lead was on the 'live' recording. The finger placements were different to the notes being played. So my ghost is into music.
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  • Profile picture of the author Curt Dillion
    Personal experience is the ultimate proof, especially in the spiritual realm. I'm not talking about imagination or hallucination. A real spiritual experience changes everything. Once it happens to you, no one can ever convince you that it's not real.

    Science has a long way to go. If it didn't, we would no longer have any need for scientists or experiments.

    I've had many spiritual experiences, but only one time did I have an experience with a tramp soul. It opened kitchen cabinets and slid the dishes. The chandelier wasn't moving, so we quickly determined that it wasn't an earthquake.

    My wife could see it as a black shadow. I couldn't see it at all, but I could feel it. The sensations made me feel nauseous. It was around for less than a day.

    Several years ago, I went to an event with a lady friend, where five famous authors were speaking. They all had a new book to promote. One of the speakers was Donald Walters, also known as Swami Kriyananda.

    When he came out on the stage he was wearing a white suit. The background on the stage was dark blue. Of course, it was well lighted.

    All of a sudden, I could see his aura. It was a beautiful bright gold. It came to a point at the top of his head, giving the impression of a crown. Later, I read a passage about the Dali Lama, which stated that saints have an aura that looks like a golden flame.

    As he was speaking, I could see two black shadowy images moving around behind him. I looked all around to see if something was causing these shadows. There wasn't.

    Apparently, my distraction was evident, as my friend said, "What's going on with you?" I asked her if she could see his aura. Her answer was no. It was so bright and vivid for me, that it was a little difficult to accept that I was the only one seeing it. But, let me tell you, no idiot on the face of the earth could ever convince me it was not real.
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  • I haven't seen any ghosts, but I believe that it is real.
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  • Profile picture of the author artwebster
    I knew it would not be long before religion and evolution came into this topic.

    Let's leave religion out of it because, like evolution, it is based upon man made premises drawn from what can, apparently, be observed.

    The theory of evolution DOES NOT WORK! Think about it very carefully and you will understand why this is so. If you can't think outside of someone else's theory (a supposition or series of ideas to explain specific phenomena) this is not a subject for you.

    My own experience with 'ghosts' (a catch all term, admittedly) is very extensive. For several years I was an in patient on a cancer ward and it was not unknown for patients who were totally immobile to 'visit' friends on the ward just before death.

    My most recent experience was about a year ago after the death of a much loved podenco (Abbie). About two days after she died I saw her walk from the bathroom (like many dogs, she had mastered the art of drinking from the toilet) and into the kitchen.

    Normally I would have accepted that I was imagining the sight since I have problems in that area but my surviving dog, Scamp, must have also seen the 'ghost' because she gave her usual bark of welcome and spent over half an hour frantically trying to find her.

    For many people who own and relate to their dogs, a common question is "What is it that they see when they stop and look in a fixed direction but are not sniffing the air?". I believe that, until we know for certain, we would be foolish to ignore anything that indicates something of which we are unaware and might be uncomfortable about if we were (would you ever get undressed again if you knew ghosts could watch you?).
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Luxton
      I have seen and experienced ghosts. I have seen auras. I have had vivid premonitions that came true.

      This doesn't happen so much with me now because I chose to switch off when I was younger because I was frightened and couldn't handle it.

      Now the only thing I do is psychometry (getting readings from people's personal possessions). That doesn't scare me but it sure as hell scares other people when I tell them things they thought nobody else knew.

      Some people are more open to paranormal phenomena than others.

      As for the science thing. Any scientist who dismisses the possibility of ghosts existing isn't a scientist. They are narrow-minded people with an agenda.


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      • Profile picture of the author CTABUK
        Originally Posted by Martin Luxton View Post

        I have seen and experienced ghosts. I have seen auras. I have had vivid premonitions that came true.

        This doesn't happen so much with me now because I chose to switch off when I was younger because I was frightened and couldn't handle it.

        Now the only thing I do is psychometry (getting readings from people's personal possessions). That doesn't scare me but it sure as hell scares other people when I tell them things they thought nobody else knew.

        Some people are more open to paranormal phenomena than others.

        As for the science thing. Any scientist who dismisses the possibility of ghosts existing isn't a scientist. They are narrow-minded people with an agenda.


        Martin


        I went to a guy who did that, and it was 'uncanny' he picked up on my brother in Oz - and said 'he will be back in the air soon' - well Mick had just left the RAF and emigrated - he got called up by the Aussie Air Force as he was a quartermaster sergeant on Wessex and ended up serving in Vietnam. (RAF Reservist applies in any commonwealth country)

        I always remember my headmistress in Primary School - Yes I did go to one school!!

        She said that her father was a railway linesman and he walked home with his workmate Ben everynight. He arrived home one night and waved goodbye to Ben as he continued his walk home. And seen by her as a girl, she then asked 'who was that?' 'Why Ben of course'

        Ben had died that morning.
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  • Profile picture of the author kguru1979
    I never seen any ghosts .. But i came to know that there are ghosts available in the person's death place ... the proof is Suicide point in kodaikanal (Tamilnadu, India)
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      Hi,

      We are all ghosts. Didn't you realise?
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    • Profile picture of the author themax37
      Originally Posted by Danc1122 View Post

      Well, most people who believe in spiritual/afterlife stuff are religious people so it's hard not to bring religion up.

      Not sure how you can say evolution is fake, when there are fossils that prove otherwise. On the other side, there is no proof of anything. Just guesses.

      Did you refuse to watch the video I posted above? It's all explained in simple terms for you.
      I know how you feel somewhat. I do not believe in religion myself but I am open to the idea of ghosts. I personally haven't encountered any. Who knows they may just be people that live in another dimension that are made of a different type of matter that passes through our own and they see us as ghosts as well.

      One thing that you have to except is that people is that we all live a completely different reality from each other ourselves.
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  • Profile picture of the author andr102
    I've never seen ghosts. But I believe, they are exist in the different places in the world. There are many evidences
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      most people who believe in spiritual/afterlife stuff are religious people
      Not true at all in my experience. Spiritual and afterlife are not necessarily referring to the same thing.

      This doesn't happen so much with me now because I chose to switch off when I was younger because I was frightened and couldn't handle it.
      Interesting point and I think it's true that we close off part of our receptiveness as we grow up. We tend toward practical and realistic - but did you ever wonder where those "gut feelings" come from? Have you ever met someone and instantly liked or disliked them without reason?

      Perhaps having an "out of the ordinary" experience is reserved for those who leave themselves open to possibilities, which most of us don't do.
      It also may require leaving yourself open to emotions that we've learned to control in order to protect our fragile psyche.

      My Grandfather was a farmer who could walk outside on a beautiful sunny day with not a cloud in the sky and decide he needed to harvest the hay because it would be raining in 2-3 days. Did it rain - yes. In the city with him one day I asked if it would rain before we went home and he replied that he couldn't tell because there was too much "interference" there.

      Scientists tell us we use only about 10% of our brain capacity - ever wonder what the other 90% would be capable of if we learned to use it?

      Keeping an open mind makes life interesting - but you don't want it to be so open that your brains fall out:rolleyes:

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      • Profile picture of the author dukeoferl
        In the backwoods in Michigan there's a ghost light that
        I've seen several times. Several universities have studied
        this light and cannot find and earthly
        explanation for it. Sure is spooky!!
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    My mother used to visit me when I was very little. She died when I was 2, without a cause of death.

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  • Profile picture of the author Chazzer
    Yes, I actually have had several experiences with what people would call ghosts. From the time I was a child there have been unusual happenings around me. I currently live in a 175 yr. old house that has two ghosts -- a man and a woman. When the man gets starts tromping back and forth and gets too noisy (which is gauged by him scaring my cats) I yell at him to pick up the broom and sweep and he immediately disappears...usually for about two weeks.

    I don't know if these are "living" entities or whether they're just displaced energy.

    On the other hand, I seriously believe in demon and evil creatures and they scare the bejezus out of me.

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    • Profile picture of the author bombdiggity
      I don't know if this was a ghost or not, but one time while I was sitting at the computer a few years ago, I heard a very tiny voice (almost malicious sounding) whisper my full name into my ear. It was very clear and concise, and it sounded as if someone were directly behind my head. I jumped out of the chair and whipped around in a frenzy, looking for the culprit. No one was there.

      My dad was in the bathroom shaving, on the other side of the house, and my mom was in her bedroom asleep which was even farther down than the bathroom. I'm an only child and there were no other people in the house besides my parents and I that night.

      It freaked me out for a good week or so. I eventually got over it...but that eerie whisper remains a mystery to this day.
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      • Profile picture of the author Martin Luxton
        Chazzer,

        If you feel that way about bad spirits it can help attract them.

        It is important to protect yourself before you leave home every day.

        This site has some interesting stuff on protecting yourself from a psychic attack.

        Psychic Attacks and Protecting Yourself

        I get the feeling that you will also benefit a lot from studying Shamanism. There are a lot of advanced techniques that help you avoid bad people and bad situations.

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  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    Science will NEVER will able to explain why human beings are self-conscious i.e. aware of themselves. Afterall, why can't we be just like a programmable robot?

    As far as ghosts are concerned, I am not sure whether they are actually entities of people who have lived before. But there have been so many sightings by reputable people that I see no reason to disbelief them.

    Perhaps the best documented ghost sightings of all time are the ghosts of flight 401

    Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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  • Profile picture of the author artwebster
    To see a ghost it is necessary to have eyes.

    I have one that is serviceable and I actually used it to view the 'proof' video for evolution - and I am still convinced that the theory does not work.

    Natural selection IS NOT evolution just as closing your eyes does not cause any noise that you hear to be attributable to ghosts because you can't see the cause.

    Evolution cannot answer the question of which came first - the chicken or the egg. We all know that chickens hatch from eggs but we also know that eggs come from chickens.

    Going back to the basic initial suspected life form - a single celled creature, we have to ask why it had to develop into something else.

    If you consider an amoeba, a single celled animal, it is virtually immortal. It can be killed if something (another amoeba) eats it but it will not die if the water in which it lives dries up. The amoeba is a very clever single celled creature and, when there are indications that its home pond is going to be untenable, it creates an impermeable membrane around itself and will blow about on the wind until it finds itself, once again, in water.

    Evolution cannot explain how this ability developed - after all, amoebae reproduce assexually so that each 'new' pair is two identical copies of the original single amoeba.

    How did this tiny creature acquire such a life saving ability? How did this tiny creature, lacking significantly in sensory organs, learn to predict when the pond in which it lived was going to dry up? When did it learn to substitute an impermeable membrane for the semi-permeable membrane which is its normal form? It seems obvious to me that either the amoeba always had the abilities - or there is something that we do not understand at work.

    Maybe we, like amoebae, have a self protective process by which we create a type of membrane around our living essence just before our own pond dries up which can then float around until it finds a habitat that it can exist in? Could this be what ghosts are?
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  • Profile picture of the author terraferma
    How about this theory.There are many parallel lives being led.What we call a ghost is someone from another parallel life briefly visiting this life.We are all alive or dead whichever way you see it.We leave this life and enter another parallel life.What we do in this life is so practical that we believe it is the only parallel.It is only an illusion and lessons are learnt so we can move up to the next life.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul1234
    I saw a ghost. Both my mum and dad saw the same ghost at the same time.

    I was 11 and lived with my parents next to my uncle's property. He had been away for a week. It was Tuesday, me and my parents had been out for the day and had just returned home. As my dad started to open the front gate, we all noticed my uncle had also returned home and was standing at his front gate. He waved, we waved.

    Later that evening, his daughter telephoned to let us know that he had passed away the previous Sunday.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shancock
    For any of us to say one way or the other takes great assumptions. Because we do not have enough data to say for sure one way or the other. Atheist seemingly assume that we know everything about the universe, or they just assume that if we do find out everything about the universe then we will find that there is no god/spirits/higher forms of life/intelligence (and it is most likely impossible for us to know everything seeing as we cannot observe data from higher dimensions. Maybe in the future? but will we survive that long? doubtful)... Those who believe in god and such are also assumptuous because they believe that if we began to know everything about the universe that we would find a god. Many of them also have blind faith which assumes that there is a god without even bothering to understand how or why.

    But when it comes down to it the only thing we know about this is that we don't know. For either of these conflicting opinions it takes faith of some sort. This is why if you want to be technical and unassuming about religion you can only be agnostic. Agnosticism is the only non assuming viewpoint. It requires no faith in anything. However this belief usually means you do believe that one of them is correct and one is not... or perhaps both are correct in different universes.

    I personally believe in god... Mainly because I am not afraid to take a guess based on what I know... I have gone through college for my bachelors in physics. I do know a fair amount about physics and the universe. Science is one of my passions. I will admit I do assume things, and I have no proof.. But I feel the things that we are beginning to learn about out universe make it harder for me to personally believe that what we see is the supreme of anything by any means at all.

    Why do I choose to assume there is a god? Well there are 11 maybe 12 known dimensions in the universe. This in the science community has generally become accepted as true. Mathematics point to these dimension and we know that we only observe 3 and something like a half of them. We observe and live in the height, width, and depth dimensions. We also observe a piece of the 4th dimension, time! but only a piece because we only see it in cross sections one frame at a time in forward motion. If we were fully 4 dimensional you would see yourself as a big elongated snake timeline like object that stretches from birth to death and loops all around everywhere you have gone in your life. Sound pretty far out? Well that is only the beginning of things! there are 7 more dimensions that we know about! Trying to fully comprehend these higher dimensions is very hard, and to understand what they 'look' like or how they work is is something like a german shepard trying to understand SEO and PPC . It litterally requires us to think of infinity squared to understand... an infinite infinity! O_o

    Now we humans are fully constructed from 3 dimensional atoms set in forward motion through time (the 4th dimension). We are constructed out of pretty primative materials along with the rest of out observable universe. Just as us 3d beings are much MUCH MUCH superior than 2 dimensional beings(which could not live because they have no depth), a higher dimensional being would be as much superior to us as we are to cartoons! Perhaps the higher dimensions are void.... void of anything at all... well that to me would be like saying that lifeforms on earth are only creatures in the universe. And that sounds ridiculous to most scientist, especially knowing that the universe goes on forever for our knowledge and purposes. So I like to take the sides with the believers in god and throw my bet on that. How much confidence you have in your gamble is just what determines how devout you are.

    Check out this video, because I am sure I butchered this explanation of what I am trying to get across. This video will likely blow your mind if you are interested in the universe.

    www (dot) youtube (dot) com/watch?v=JkxieS-6WuA <sorry I am a noob haha


    I have no proof, I have no data, so thus its not science. It's only pseudoscience. But that does not mean it's wrong... nor does it mean it's right... So should we kill each other over it? Seems thats what is happening and has been happening for a long time now. It's a shame. I just know the universe is a pretty big place for little microbes like us to try to understand. It seems to me we are looking for a big black wall with a sign on it saying "end of universe turn back" and I just don't think we will ever find it. And if we ever do we will just ask whats behind it and then kill each other over our guesses.

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    • Profile picture of the author pavondunbar
      I thought this was a forum where we talk about making money online...

      Just kidding...

      Anyway, to answer this thread...

      I do not believe in ghosts, but my girlfriend does. She has these premonitions and a few hours later or a few days later they would come to play...

      Creepy...

      But I personally do not believe in ghosts...

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      • Profile picture of the author Suthan M
        Originally Posted by pavondunbar View Post

        I thought this was a forum where we talk about making money online...

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        No, thats the "up" subforum..

        We are the "push all the crap down subforum"
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  • Profile picture of the author eSeM
    Never seen one, but sometimes i think my pockets are haunted o.O
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  • Profile picture of the author patJ
    Even if ghosts, spirits, god etc do exist it is still stupid to believe so since NO EVIDENCE EXISTS that support these claims. Maybe they do exist, maybe they don't, but as long as there is no evidence (and no, videos, images, "personal experiences", are not evidence) it is only silly to assume something like that.

    Bring evidence to the table. Then we can talk.
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    • Profile picture of the author Shancock
      Originally Posted by patJ View Post

      Even if ghosts, spirits, god etc do exist it is still stupid to believe so since NO EVIDENCE EXISTS that support these claims. Maybe they do exist, maybe they don't, but as long as there is no evidence (and no, videos, images, "personal experiences", are not evidence) it is only silly to assume something like that.

      Bring evidence to the table. Then we can talk.
      There is also no evidence that alien life exist.... but the odds are so great that there is that it is not considered 'stupid' to believe in them. And there could be more evidence than we know. Gravity? We do not know where it comes from or what causes it, does that mean it comes from no where? Many people say the 10th dimension is evidence that an ethereal realm exist. Granted not proof in any way... but calling it 'stupid' is a little harsh. It takes the same assumptions to say there is NO god. Its kinda stupid to say any one of these theories is stupid. There are MANY very smart people who believe in god. Saying that there is definitely NO god assumes that you are right without proof.... and saying there definitely is a god is assuming that you are right without proof. You really cannot say one is more stupid than the other, either could be correct, and science has nothing to back up either theory. If a man is stupid for believing something that may or may not be true then I guess all our advancements come from stupid people.

      Perhaps blind faith is uneducated, but so is saying there is no god without being FULLY educated in physics... And you know what happens at the fore front of physics? it turns into pseudo science! Then we start speculating again. And we start talking about things no one fully understands and people in this area of physics start to make assumptions and guesses again. Many quantum physicist believe in a god or in spirits. These people are quite smart and to say they are stupid is pretty arrogant. We wouldn't have anything to observe and collect data on if there were no hypothesis. Some hypothesis just cannot be tested at this time.

      I doubt we are the supreme being of this infinite universe. its to big and to complicated for us to be the most advanced being in existence. Perhaps I am wrong, and I am comfortable with that. But I do believe I am correct and I am not stupid for that. When all you can do is speculate then your speculation is not stupid. In fact speculating shows that you you are thinking and that you are not dumb.

      And besides the evidence of a god COULD be overwhelming if we found out that god did exist. If we found that he did exist everything would become evidence. It's not like everyone who believes in god just believes in god because their parents told them. Its a very complicated logic problem. But before you call people stupid for believing in god you should study quantum physics. We know nothing, and its not wrong or stupid to speculate because thats human nature and its why we have things like super computers and the laws of physics because we dream something up and then figure out if it will work or not. If Einstein believed only what he was told we wouldn't be where we are today.
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      • Profile picture of the author themax37
        Shancock it almost feels like you went inside my head... you think pretty similarly. I can't put in words as well however.
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      • Profile picture of the author patJ
        Originally Posted by Shancock View Post

        Lot of text
        You use a lot of straw man arguments so it's not even worthy a reply. It's not stupid to assume, believe in, speculate or theorize about something. It is just stupid to believe in something without ANY supporting evidence. Big difference.
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    i once saw a walking hamburger.. true story..
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  • Profile picture of the author Sonam22
    No. Nobody has nor will they ever. Many have claimed to see one but in reality there never has been or will there ever be any ghosts. They are not real, pure and simple. There are also many people who claim to have seen UFO's too and believe that they are controlled by some civilisation other than Human i.e. alien. LOL at people who believe such claptrap.
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    • Profile picture of the author HelenS
      Originally Posted by Andrew McNaught View Post

      - - there is no evidence for ghosts and zero explanation for their existence so why do people still believe in them but dismiss science like evolution out of hand .
      I dont think anyone who has said they believe in ghosts has dismissed evolution.

      Originally Posted by Sonam22 View Post

      No. Nobody has nor will they ever. .
      Wow, how very interesting that you now what people have seen... perhaps you are god haha.

      If you haven't seen say, a star but others have told you what its made up of and what it looks like you believe it right? I know its not quite the same... I'm just saying that it is a very sad thought to think that we are just matter rather than energy... I know my connections with my loved ones is stronger than skin and bones and will never 'die'.
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  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    If you must look at all things in a logical manner, then there is no for reason for humans or any high intellegence lifeforms to exist, let alone lifeforms who are aware of itself. In fact, there is no reason for any life to exist, or for that matter the universe itself.
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    • Profile picture of the author anitabrown
      I haven't seen and I hope I will never see
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    • Profile picture of the author ggoddi
      I havn't seen any
      but i tell u what --i do believe that kinda thing
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    • Profile picture of the author TiborSzalay
      I ve seen ghost of Michael Jackson ( on the well known footage ) but then they revealed it was shadow
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  • Profile picture of the author haikuangel
    I suppose but i'm not quite sure. When I was eleven years old I saw my father at the school at around 4:00 in the afternoon as I got ready to go home. The thing was, my father was already bedridden and was dying of cancer at that time. I ignored it and thought I was probably just imagining things until on my way home as I crossed the street I saw him again, this time I got startled and almost got run over by a car. Good thing I was walking home with a friend who pulled me to the side of the street. When I finally got home I heard news that my father had passed away that afternoon. It sounds pretty creepy but I think that it was all just a coincidence, i guess.
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  • Profile picture of the author tkalamba
    My mother has told me stories regarding my grandfather who apparently owes his life to a ghost or something. My grandparents from my moms side are both alive and well in Greece right now, but around 15 or so years ago my Grandfathers Tractor rolled back into a ditch and landed ontop of him. Now apperantly what had happened was that he was pinned under the tractor for about 2 hours, when some one from the village my grandparents live in near a city called Pili in Trikala, Greece was told by what he claims was his dead brother that someone had an accident in the fields and needed urgent help. The guy raced over in his pick up truck and rescued my Grandfather from underneath the upturned tractor all thanks to this ghost. Now, the thing is my mom is really superstitious and believes in all this ghost stuff and whatnot, and may have led to her slightly exagerating the story, but its still pretty interesting if it was really what had happened.
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  • Profile picture of the author artwebster
    evolution is a FACT. the theory of evolution by natural selection is the best explanation we have at the moment and a theory in science is much more than just a hunch. there may be gaps in the theory but that is not proof that god did it.

    You can't have it both ways. It is either a fact OR it is the best explanation - it can't be both.

    The theory of evolution is like a net - Thousands of square yards of empty space joined together by a few feet of string. Even the few feet of string is of dubious quality.

    I do agree with you, though, that the thousands of square yards of empty space do not mean that a god was involved - simply that something we do not understand was at work.
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  • Profile picture of the author LiTeOn
    when i go a sleep,i see a ghost dancing in my room.Why is that ?
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    • Profile picture of the author cimbah
      My family has been experiencing paranormal events since the 1960's. I recently put up a website about it. I originally planned to write a book but things keep happening so I went with a website because it's easier to update.

      The website is http://www.hauntedfamily.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Aiyana_costello
    Hi,
    i am never seen a ghost in my entire life, i am very much excited if some thing like that happens with me.
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  • Profile picture of the author cellphone007
    When i first time saw you i thought you are ghost...
    haha,,,
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  • Profile picture of the author wisecrone333
    I couldn't resist jumping into this discussion - I have always known that ghosts existed and here in rural NZ there are very few places I have lived where we have not had ghostly boarders too. I saw my first ghost at aged five and basically never stopped after that time.

    I love the thought of ghosts as an illustration of where our life force goes after we pass on - I also love the thought that I may be able to keep an eye on my loved ones when I pass - kind of a comforting thought when you hit grandma status

    I even wrote two books on the topic which have been well received - I have no patience for those silly tv programs about ghost hunters as I feel they feed each other into a mass hysteria which is positively childish (in my opinion only of course I know these programs have a huge following.)

    Why we exist and where we go (if anywhere) after death is something I don't think we were ever meant to truly understand - something about it being beyond our comprehension I think; but dismissing something that does not fit within our existing scientific parameters is wrong in my opinion as there is no indication yet of where our science might lead us in the future. People thought Gallileo was wrong once too

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  • Profile picture of the author Sheila
    We're all spirits (energy) living in a human body - so, when our body dies, our spirit doesn't die, it still lives . . . is that what we humans call "ghosts"? If so, of course ghosts - spirits - are real and with us! I haven't "seen" one though, and wonder if they'd be more friendly than some humans I know :-)

    Quantum physics has proven what mystics (and Albert Einstein) believed years ago - it's all about energy. Nothing more, nothing less. Just because a person doesn't believe they have a spirit, doesn't make it so.

    Years ago, we didn't have the scientific explanation that quantum physics provides for us now . . . but that didn't mean that the facts later explained by quantum physics weren't true. And it doesn't mean that science won't "discover" more information that will further explain the universe in the future.

    Nothing has ever changed, and it's sad that some individuals only believe in what science proves to be true.

    OK, so now scientists have proven that we are energy (by the explanation of quantum physics) and that what we label as "ghosts" are real.

    so, it's up to each one of us to decide whether or not we want to believe in what quantum physics tells us, or if we want to believe in an even higher truth that is more expansive than the current science of quantum physics.

    Before you make your decision, you might want to remember that "science" once "proved" that the earth was flat!
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      • Profile picture of the author Sheila
        Originally Posted by DannyGillen View Post

        I think perhaps you've been mislead about quantam physics and Albert Einstein, he was a person who most certainly did not believe in spirits or ghosts.

        Quantum physics is often twisted and it's language abused to 'prove' that spiritual stuff is correct. If you study it, you'll find it's more about probability waves and uncertainties and really nothing at all to do with 'spiritual energies'.


        Science didn't really prove the earth was flat, people believed that before there was real scientific enquiry into the matter.
        Thanks for your opinions . . .but, I'm a bit confused, are you saying you believe that science didn't exist until . . .when?

        If you do some actual research, you'll find your opinions are just that . . . opinions.

        And, for the record, I didn't use the term "spiritual energies" when describing quantum physics - "spiritual" is not a term used in science. That was your term. I said energy.

        And, also for the record, the more science Albert Einstein studied, the more he believed in the existance of God. I referred to his scientific study of energy - maybe you've heard of the theory of relativity? Check it out, you'll see that Einstein did study energy, as I mentioned in my previous post.
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        • Profile picture of the author cimbah
          One of my favorite quotes is, "We're all spiritual beings sharing a human experience." Unfortunately, when people hear the word "spiritual" they often think of it in the religious sense. Perhaps the quote would read better if it said, "We're all beings of energy sharing a human experience."

          Everything is made of energy. And actually, the energy in a star is the same as the energy in a human being. After all, science believes we are all made of start dust.
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    evolution is a FACT. the theory of evolution by natural selection is the best explanation we have at the moment and a theory in science is much more than just a hunch. there may be gaps in the theory but that is not proof that god did it.

    Oh, really . . .

    Let me enlighten you a bit about the "best explanation" you mentioned above, Andrew Mcnaught. It seems your "science" is a bit outdated. If you look into current research - not the children's textbooks that were written with a bias and not backed by science - you'll find many current scientific facts that debunk the theory that evolution in a "fact". You'll also discover that current research even proves that dinosaurs existed 2,000 years ago, not billions of years ago - as science once thought was "fact".

    I could go on and on . . . but I think it would be more beneficial if you did the research yourself - I hope you do - because then you might discover that "science" is in the eyes of the beholder. Science attempts to explain what we humans observe, and it always contains a human perspective because the observer is human . . . and therefore the data is subject to human interpretation . . . sometimes accurate, and sometimes inaccurate.
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    • Profile picture of the author tkalamba
      Originally Posted by Sheila View Post

      You'll also discover that current research even proves that dinosaurs existed 2,000 years ago, not billions of years ago - as science once thought was "fact".
      You mean like in this article "Scientists Prove Jesus Walked with Dinosaurs"
      http: //www .dailysquib. co. uk/?c=120&a=1236
      which was essentially written as a joke? Its the only piece I can find supporting dinosaurs being 2000 years old.
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by tkalamba View Post

        You mean like in this article "Scientists Prove Jesus Walked with Dinosaurs"
        http: //www .dailysquib. co. uk/?c=120&a=1236
        which was essentially written as a joke? Its the only piece I can find supporting dinosaurs being 2000 years old.
        I talk with archaeologists frequently and that little piece of news would be extremely new to them as well. For one thing - I'd like to see you petrify anything like those bones have been in that amount of time. I have heard people who are trying to create science that will accord itself to the religious belief that the world is only 6,000 years, but they are as fringe as the flat earth society (the present group which insists the world is flat). The scientists I know believe in God, yet they still have their belief in millions of years. The scientist that invented the tri-corder just a year ago (well thats when the patent was approved) had been using it to verify age because carbon dating isn't so accurate sometimes and he's surprised that carbon dating actually often is as accurate as it is. There are instances, however - and many of them, that things found are much older than reported. For some reason our scientific community is reluctant to admit the age of some artifacts - whether something is being hidden or they just don't like their current theories to be discredited, who knows?

        I also followed Professor Bakker in CO for several years and he has a theory that dinosaurs were warm blooded, that one is still in debate but he makes some good points for his view and there are many paleontologists that are in agreement with him........but they still refer to them as being millions, not thousands of years old.

        There are a few living examples of dinosaurs (alligators are one, a fish in a CO lake near St Mary's glacier was another) and some that did die off later and I believe a few surviving species were just ousted in the last ice age about 10,000 years ago or just before, but it is very safe to say that paleontologists are in major agreement of the dinosaur eras being in the hundreds of millions to millions of years ago with very few surviving species into more recent eras.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sheila
        Originally Posted by tkalamba View Post

        You mean like in this article "Scientists Prove Jesus Walked with Dinosaurs"
        http: //www .dailysquib. co. uk/?c=120&a=1236
        which was essentially written as a joke? Its the only piece I can find supporting dinosaurs being 2000 years old.
        No, that's not what I'm talking about . . .my guess if you were really interested, you would have researched in places with more credentials than the article quoted. But, if you just want to poke fun at scientific research to prove your point, that's your perrogative . . .
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheila
    Some quotes by Einstein regarding the existence of God and the presence of energy . . .

    "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings." (Albert Einstein)

    "I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are details." (Albert Einstein)

    "God does not play dice with the universe." (Albert Einstein)

    "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
    (Albert Einstein Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium (1941) ch. 13)

    Einstein obviously believed in God.

    On another note: I don't know of any university that does not teach the theory of relativity as being related to energy . . . . the theory itself says: Energy = m csquared ( I couldn't type that correctly, but I'm sure you know the mathematics of the theory)

    That being said, here are some quotes on Einstein's views on mathematics and science - maybe we can learn from this genius ourselves . . .

    "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. " (Albert Einstein)

    And my personal favorite . . . "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" (Albert Einstein) . . . gotta love Einstein's sense of practicality and his sense of humor :-)

    So, who among us can say "ghosts" are not real? According to Einstein, we don't know everything yet . . . it's still being revealed to us.

    Since Einstein was a genius, I think I'm going to go with his theories instead of thinking science knows it all, and there will be no new discoveries in store in the future. After all, science is only man's interpretation of his/her current reality, as said so eloquently by Einstein himself: "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." (Albert Einstein)
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  • Profile picture of the author gareth
    I live next to the cemetary in auckland and all i see is glue sniffers
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    • Profile picture of the author cimbah
      The belief in ghosts is not a superstitious idea. Superstitious ideas are along the lines of black cats are unlucky, the number 13 is unlucky, don't walk under a ladder, and so forth.

      For those who have never had paranormal experiences, I suppose they personally could feel confident that it's unlikely that ghosts exists. As for undermining present theories, well, most of science itself is based on theories. The "big bang" is theory. A very interesting one, but a theory nonetheless. It doesn't matter that the majority of the scientific community agree on the big bang theory. It's still a theory.

      There is much in this world that is unexplainable and the belief in the paranormal or ghosts has more to do with a person's comfort level than it does on any scientific type of proof.
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  • Profile picture of the author surenpp
    I agree Einstein never believed in personal god.Budha never believed .Dis Jesus believe.

    How about J.Krishamurthy and Osho.I think it is the common man who believed in god as the creator but people like Einstein and others god is not the creator but they "know" IT as the creative process
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  • Profile picture of the author carlwilson
    Nope I haven't seen a ghost and I don't want to. Wooooo, scary
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheila
    Seems to be some confusion here . . . Einstein said he believed in God - as indicated by numerous quotes . . . and he even defined his definition of God . . . so, what's the problem?

    If someone believes differently than Einstein, ok, that's their right. But quotes from Einstein clearly use the word "God" and clearly state that he was interested in "God's thoughts". I'm not one to put words into someone else's mouth, and I think Einstein was smart enough to know what his words meant, so I'm going with believing Einstein's words - not someone else's interpretation of them.

    Einstein also said he didn't believe we know everything, as it is still being revealed to us by God - again . . . what's the problem?

    Einstein believed we don't know everything, some people on this forum believe we already know it all . . . maybe we have some geniuses here that are smarter than Einstein? If we do, great! But, until proven, I'd rather read Einstein's words than read into them.

    I don't get it - why do some people have such a hard time believing that something they cannot see isn't real - yet they believe in electricity, radio waves, wireless communication, etc.? All concepts that would have been thought to be outrageous back when Newton was alive. It's a puzzle . . .
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    • Profile picture of the author DannyGillen
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      • Profile picture of the author cimbah
        Danny, I accept the reality of ghosts because my family has had paranormal experiences for over 40 years. We've also had people stay the night at our homes and have experiences. If you hear things go bump in the night once or twice, it's not really a big deal. But when you have things continually happen time and time again and when you actually see things, then you begin to believe there is more out there than meets the eye. After living with the paranormal for so long, the experiences have become somewhat normal for us.

        To so many people the world is black and white and that's it. There is no room for anything outside the realm of what they can see and touch. And that's fine because everyone is entitled to believe in whatever they please. But, to discount the experiences people have had with the paranormal and to say ghosts don't exist because science hasn't proven they do, is rather narrow minded. It also closes the door on so many possibilities that exist in this universe.

        Mankind as a whole knows very little about the universe and we have a tendency to try to debunk anything that falls outside of our level of comfort. I think we miss out on a lot when we have to have everything neat and tidy and explained thoroughly right down to the last period in a sentence.
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  • Profile picture of the author Neautograph
    NO! And I dont want to see any... hehehe.
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  • Profile picture of the author haikuangel
    In my country there are people who are called "annointed ones" and who are elders who apparently have the ability to commune with the dead. I've seen a couple of documentaries about these people who people hire to talk to their dead loved ones, they can be downright creepy and accurate too.
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  • Profile picture of the author stevejobs
    Never seen them, but I believe they really exist.
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  • Profile picture of the author Arted4Life
    Well I have never seen anything but my mother told me about what happened to her once.

    She and one of her friends were driving home and they saw an old family friend while passing through town. When they got home they found out that the old family friend they had just seen had been dead for several hours.

    I myself have never had anything happen to me. But I believe in ghosts. I don't believe that God made earth in 7 days. But I certainly don't see why a person can't leave part of themselves around. Energy isn't created or destroyed. Only transferred.
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  • Profile picture of the author Narayanan
    I haven seen and i don't believe in them either..
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  • Profile picture of the author andymurray
    Just the other week my friend was convinced he
    saw one in my house. An old man watching TV in
    a chair that was left behind by the old lady who
    lived here.

    He doesn't come round as often anymore

    Andy
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  • Profile picture of the author HelenS
    There is no proof that anyone of us will reach our goals to make millions or whatever it might be but you keep aiming for it all the same right ???

    With that in mind just because there is no proof that there is an afterlife doesn't mean there isn't one...

    Helen
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  • Profile picture of the author john_kennedy
    We bought out house back in 1996. The house was built in 1910. The second owners died in the house. The lady died in what is now our 2nd bedroom, the husband died out on the patio. We have had numerous sightings and feelings of ghosts. My wife has experienced a feeling of someone sitting on the edge of the bed. She has asked me if I came into the bedroom the night before while she was sleeping (she goes to bed much earlier than I). When I tell her no, that I was in the office very late. She says she felt someone sit on the edge of the bed and that she heard someone walking in the room.

    One day, I came home from work for lunch and as I came into the back door, I saw someone going into the room where the lady had died. The hair on the back of my neck stood straight up. I thought there was someone in the house. I quickly ran to the spot where I last saw the person, and then into the front of the house. Nobody was there and the front was all locked up like it should be.

    Our cat has noticed things as well. She would be laying on the floor asleep and would wake up suddenly and stare at a certain spot like she was watching somebody or something.

    We haven't had any spottings of anything in the last few years. I guess whoever it was is satisfied that we are taking care of the house.

    John
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  • Profile picture of the author steve20092009
    I will never beleive their existance until i witness seeing one.
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