Have you ever seen a ghost?
 

Have you ever seen a ghost?

No they are fictional from books. they dont exist, like dragons and fairies

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Exactly.

No but I have relatives who swear they have.

Also, a friend of mine's Mum had a really terrifying dream that was kind of a premonition to a tragedy. She had one of those "you dream that you've woke up" dreams, and dreamt there was a black shadow standing over her in bed and putting it's hand on her stomach and like pulling something out of it.

She found out she had miscarried less than a week later.

No they dont exist.

Not the Casper type or the head under the arm type.
I have seen people in spirit though.

Ghosts do not exist. Fact.

Nobody has ever seen a ghost because they don't exist

I wish they did exist....could seriously do with some advice from my mum right now.

yawn @ the militant atheist stereotype being trodded out already

(no I have not)

:hug:

good to see you back Annie, hope you're ok?

I have never told anybody what to believe. I know that most people believe in ghosts for comfort reasons, so I'm not trying to get personal about it. I could phrase it more politely but really it's not offensive either. Ghosts don't exist and I know that so I feel obligated to make that clear in threads like this.

I've seen worse things

Supernatural worse things or natural worse things?

:joker::joker::joker:

Yeah i've seen a small child ghost in my old house.

No cus they don't exist :idc:

Yes, because they exist.

Tbh.

I haven't either but I also don't have such a ridiculous level of arrogance that I feel qualified to tell others what they have and haven't seen. :)

"There are two possible reasons for the failure of ghost hunters to find good evidence. The first is that ghosts don't exist, and that reports of ghosts can be explained by psychology, misperceptions, mistakes and hoaxes. The second option is that ghosts do exist, but that ghost hunters are simply incompetent."

:joker:

well you fail to see a distinction betwixt people saying that they thought what they saw was "a ghost" and the fact that "ghosts" are not real


Plenty people think they saw what they perceive (from books, tv and film) as a "ghost" no one is disputing that.

Perhaps a "believer" can explain to the forum what a "ghost" is and how it operates etc?

flesh it out a little so to speak

Maybe you could explain, since you know they don't exist? So to be so sure they don't you must be pretty certain what one is?

No but I have heard one, on many occasions, I'm a believer so I'm very open to the idea of seeing one.

In one corner we have peer reviewed scientific knowledge built up over the lifespan of modern science. physics, biology, chemistry etc


in the other corner we have





ding ding, round one

Yeah, science, which holds the answer to anything and everything in 2016.

Oh wait....

They don't even know everything there is to know about the human body yet, let alone the universe.

:clap2:

maybe you could answer my question earlier marsh about what a ghost actually is and how it operates?

:think:

Well the "ghost" is seen was just like most "ghosts" look like, I was sat in the bath and i could see a small boy spirt stood in the doorway of one of the room, So i **** myself got out of the bath and ran downstairs but no one believed me.

I haven't claimed to have ever seen one or know what one would be so it's pretty useless asking me.

Maybe liam will say as he heard one?

This is a very good short synopsis on this subject

http://www.livescience.com/26697-are-ghosts-real.html

:clap2: Science is constantly developing as we are, as is our understanding of things. There's aspects within science now that historically we would have had no concept of as human beings, who's to say the same won't be true of the future? Unless you think we're the ultimate intelligent evolved species that is possible within the universe? There's a lot that our brains can't even begin to comprehend so nothing can be dismissed outright.
I don't personally believe in ghosts, and noone can prove that they exist, but that still doesn't mean they don't.

Bore off LT.

LT. perhaps instead of demanding proof for people's opinions, you should provide some evidence for your own opinion that you believe to be fact.

I hope you wiped up :worry:

perhaps some one could say what a ghost is and how it works?

because I am pretty sure that no one has the slightest clue apart from some horror film ideas or from reading harry potter/other similar books



or your short answer would be onus probandi

oh dear did i upset your myopic view on life

soz hon

xx

:hee:

LT does make a valid point. What is a ghost. Is it something barely visible out the corner of ones eye, is it something fully formed that could be mistaken for a living being, is it an invisible voice, a whisper in the wind, some creaking of some wooden eaves in the roof. To have seen/heard a ghost, you would need to be able to verify it was a ghost and not something else, and part of that verification requires what a ghost is to be defined.