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Death is only the beginning < Whether this is cheesy or from some movie I dunno, but I believe it.
Quote from: Shard on August 28, 2010, 02:24:09 pmDeath is only the beginning < Whether this is cheesy or from some movie I dunno, but I believe it.You just quoted The Mummy. ಠ_ಠGhosts are as unbelievable to me as fairies, trolls, and gods. If you don't have reliable physical proof of something, it's just hearsay.That being said, those things could exist, but if you're going to accept one supernatural creature based on blind faith, you might as well accept them all. And that's a long list of things to accept.
Explaining away an anomaly with superstitions like ghosts is a defining characteristic of ignorance. I try really hard to be tolerant of people's beliefs, but when I hear someone talk about ghosts I immediately consider him/her an idiot.
Quote from: a-4-year-old on August 28, 2010, 05:03:46 pmExplaining away an anomaly with superstitions like ghosts is a defining characteristic of ignorance. I try really hard to be tolerant of people's beliefs, but when I hear someone talk about ghosts I immediately consider him/her an idiot.So your saying these anomalies couldn't be influenced by the consciousness of the recently deceased? Which would be a round-about definition of 'ghost'.
Quote from: Shard on August 28, 2010, 07:07:29 pmQuote from: a-4-year-old on August 28, 2010, 05:03:46 pmExplaining away an anomaly with superstitions like ghosts is a defining characteristic of ignorance. I try really hard to be tolerant of people's beliefs, but when I hear someone talk about ghosts I immediately consider him/her an idiot.So your saying these anomalies couldn't be influenced by the consciousness of the recently deceased? Which would be a round-about definition of 'ghost'.Right because consciousness is a product of the brain
Quote from: Veritas on August 28, 2010, 08:50:31 pmQuote from: Shard on August 28, 2010, 07:07:29 pmQuote from: a-4-year-old on August 28, 2010, 05:03:46 pmExplaining away an anomaly with superstitions like ghosts is a defining characteristic of ignorance. I try really hard to be tolerant of people's beliefs, but when I hear someone talk about ghosts I immediately consider him/her an idiot.So your saying these anomalies couldn't be influenced by the consciousness of the recently deceased? Which would be a round-about definition of 'ghost'.Right because consciousness is a product of the brainit is, read dan brown's the lost symbol. god such ignorants.
I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in demons. Everything people think of a ghosts is just demons having their fun.
What makes them "of higher intelligence", the fact that they invented something without hard proof to explain the unexplainable?
ussualy toilet papers doesn't roll out themselves, nor does the stairs run themselves. those things are quite ussual, so is door knocking.Obviously people could be lying, but I don't see why people would.
Quote from: -Major- on August 28, 2010, 02:42:23 pmussualy toilet papers doesn't roll out themselves, nor does the stairs run themselves. those things are quite ussual, so is door knocking.Obviously people could be lying, but I don't see why people would.Do you also believe in fairies that exchange teeth for money? And a man who comes to your house to give you presents if you've been good all year but coal if you've been bad?There are plenty of reasons for people to lie about things like this. Attention-seeking, for example, or getting your kids to behave, or for the fun of telling a good story, or because it's a silly tradition. Some people may see or hear things based on natural phenomena: paranoia and other hallucinations, the natural movements of houses as the temperature changes, there is even some evidence that a certain bass frequency can induce feelings of dread and discomfort in subjects.Again, if there is no reliable evidence for these things, you might as well believe in all supernatural phenomena. So the greater question then becomes "Why don't you believe in fairies, the chupacabra, will-o'-the-wisps, Santa Claus, the Loch Ness monster, Men in Black, Bigfoot, the yeti, gnomes, demons, sprites, etc.?"Or if you do believe in all of those things, what don't you believe in? Where do you draw the line between evidence and fantasy?