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skribb wrote
This is probably the wrong category, moderators, feel free to move the thread anywhere you like.
I was just thinking of this phenomena. Ghosts I mean. I am quite certain they don't exist, no, I KNOW they don't exist. But for me, this is kind of a dilemma, because you see, I have witnessed alot of "supernatural" activities (i.e ghost sightings) in my relatively short life (I'm 17). And I have been told many times by my father that he has met his dead father, which doesn't make sense of course, but he's one of those people that NEVER lie. I've had experiences like seeing blue veils flying in the air, invisible hands touching me, and the classical seeing dead persons in ghostlike states walking about, and also sounds of footsteps, creaking, and voices.
Now, I wonder, am I, as well as my father completely out of our minds (as in schizo, paranoid, whatever), or is there a scientific explanation? I know there is one, I'm a nihilist. But my knowledge in the scientific field is very sparse.
Enlighten me. I'd rather be psycho than superstitious
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I just want to say you can believe in ghosts AND be atheist. I believe in ghosts myself, (this of course means I believe there is an afterlife). Actually perhaps I'm not really an atheist though (it's debatable at least). Sorry. Anyway, ghosts interest me and excite me though--indeed, I want to believe in an afterlife, although I wouldn't want to not have a body (i.e. not be able to get off). I would imagine that not having a body would really suck. The theory is though that ghosts have "unfinished business" whatever that means. I read on a website that 5% of ghosts "never had a body" and are "bad news" (there was a link on "bad news" but I was too spooked to click it). Seriously though while it's interesting, I don't want to know too much about it because of the freakiness factor. Indeed this is something I consider anathema.
If you are seeing ghosts you are not crazy, but chances are that the ghosts aren't malicious. I would try to ignore them. Try to avoid drugs too (i'm not implying that you are taking them, just as general advice). There's a class of drugs called "barbituates" you might be familiar with that can cause hallucinations.
Being overly superstitious is probably to be avoided as well, although I myself am a rather superstitious person.