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   JTEM to All   
   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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