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|    Are ghosts real and what are they?    |
|    09 Dec 25 00:18:46    |
      XPost: alt.paranormal, alt.atheism, alt.conspiracy       XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife       From: jtem01@gmail.com              So, how do you describe a ghosts?              A foggy apparition?              A disarticulated limb or head?              A cold spot?              Noises?              A 100% normal appearing human that is later discovered       to have died years ago?              Objects moving or breaking, doors opening?              Etc.              Ghost are commonly described as ALL OF THE ABOVE!              Hmm. If an animal was described with such wildly       varying descriptions you'd conclude that people were       seeing different animals. That, more than one animal       was being given the same label...              Why not ghosts? Why suddenly change the rules for       ghosts?              What I'm saying is that for pretty much another other       thing, stepping away from the topic of the supernatural,       the many varied descriptions of ghosts would EXCLUDE a       single phenomenon at play.              Yes, something that appears invisible and passes through       solid matter would be a different phenomena than       something that looks like an ordinary person and interacts       with the world as a real person would.              Two different things. And between them spans a number of       other very different things...              The simpleton approach would be to shout "They don't       exist" and leave it at that. But, that is objectively       false in many cases.              There are noises. People do feel cold spots. There are       EMFs detected. EVPs are recorded. Multiple witnesses do       report the same sighting... on & on.              The experiences are real and in countless cases external       in origins. All I'm saying is that there's more than one       explanation.              More than two explanations.                                                                      --       https://jtem.tumblr.com/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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