Do You Believe In Ghosts And Why, Or Why Not?

I don't believe in ghosts because there has never been, as far as I know, any ghost story that wasn't at least capable of being explained rationally. That doesn't mean that we know for sure that ghosts DON'T exist - we don't know that either. I would agree with a woman I once heard discussing the paranormal on a radio programme - she had spent at least 10 years trying to find evidence that it existed, really hoped to find some, but so far she never had. I would love to find evidence of the paranormal -it would be so exciting - but believing things are true just because you want to, without evidence,  is very dangerous and very foolish.

There is an institute somewhere that has offered something like £100,000 to anyone who can offer convincing evidence of the supernatural. So far nobody has managed to collect it.

I think we still know very little about the human brain and what it can do. Our imagination is INCREDIBLY powerful. When we know more about how the brain works, we may be better able to decide if the supernatural really exists.

I have lived in a few haunted houses  and I say they are haunted cause i have seen the ghosts.  I have been around when someone died at a distance and they came to let someone who lived there  know that they had passed on, so yes I do believe in ghosts.

I do believe in spirits or ghosts as some call them. I grew up in what some people call a haunted house. The spirit we had was called Arthur. He was not mean just liked to play tricks on you. He was also a gentle spirit with my little brother. He did show himself to us at times. People may say that can be explained but I know it was a ghost. He had owned and died in the house. Also i have seen my mothers spirit several times since she has died. Also my dad and brother has seen her. I think they are around us.

Jesus knew that ghosts existed.  A ghost is simply a spirit.  Jesus sent the Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost to his believers after He ascended into heaven.  The other spirits are not Holy.

Mark 64:49When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water, they thought he was a ghost, [[I:and they started screaming. 50All of them saw him and were terrified. But at that same time he said, "Don't worry! I am Jesus. Don't be afraid."

Luke 24:35 Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread. 36 And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was]] suddenly standing there among them. "Peace be with you," he said. 37 But the whole group was startled and frightened,[[B: Thinking they were seeing a ghost!
]]]] 38 "Why are you frightened?" he asked. "Why are your hearts filled with doubt? 39 Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it's really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don't have bodies, as you see that I do." 40 As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet. (that were pierced)]]

I believe in something but can it be explained as ghosts? I really don't know.

Some people have alot of unexplained experiences and see many things which can be explained as ghosts and I have the dubious honour of being one of these people. It can be very frightening at times and very positive at others.
My late husband was a scientist and he had a strong belief in something that could be termed ghosts and believed that sometimes there was no rational, scientific explanation or at least that we know of now.
I live in an area where there are a great many unexplained things happen to many people who have no contact and therefore cannot collaberate to make their stories up.
There are too many things happen - often many times to many individual to dismiss the idea that there may be something that we explain as ghosts. All socities and cultures have the concept of ghosts, spirits, souls, hauntings , call it what we may. These go back into the mists of time.
It's difficult to convince people of our own very real experiences if they are determined not to believe.
I find , if something happens, write it down, tell someone and then try to research, say for example the  history of the house or place where the experience happened. I find this is a good way of getting people to at least not dismiss your experiences, for very often the experience can be linked to an actual historic event. There are many, many things that happen that cannot be explained and I can't deny my own experiences nor would I dismiss those of others.
Not a 'gift' you would really want honestly!

In a sense of speaking, there are no such things as ghosts but then again there is. There interpreted as, spirits...For example, you know when someone dies and you still see there spirit floating around, something like that I do believe...But ghosts aren't just going to come around out of the blue sky like some people may think.

I don't believe in Ghosts...only the Holy Ghost.

Yes i have believe in ghost i have seen them they are horrible its not a joke.

In my own experience when I was 16 I saw my grandmother that had past away 6 months prior.  When she was alive she lived with us for a year at the end because she was going senial and was  unable to take care of herself.  She loved to sit in my bedroom  on my bed and look at my posters and ferret.  Well 6 months after she died I was in my room laying in bed listening to music when something caught my eye at my door, which was shut.  This gray mass comes through my door and heads torward my bed!  The gray mass was in the shape of my grandmother, it's hard to explain in words but it had the same walk, shape, hieght and curved back.  I was so at a loss of words and all my senses overloaded at once I just threw the blankets over my head for 10 minutes at least!  I was sooo scared!  I felt bad after for being afraid of my own grandmother but all that kept going through my mind was that she came back to hit me........ Don't ask!  So yes I beleive in ghost.

The dead are asleep until they rise by the calling of JESUS.Ghosts are always mistaken,they are evil spirits,or demons set forth to deceive man kind,to induce the beliefe in mysticism and spiritualism.The enemy SATAN has set forth Pazuzu,Dominus,Legion,Belshazzar,and all their legions to deceive and destroy the souls of mankind.Do not be deceived.These demons are alive and living,weaving their way incidiousely into the very fabric of life,hungry for an attack which is psychological,and powerful.

At one time i did not believe in gohost. Before  my mom died this year she would go outside with me so i could have a somok( my dad could not be around smoke). She would sit on the swing and i would stand. After she died i was with my dad and he was in bed..and as always i went  outside to smoke.  The swing was moving and i talked to my mom and put out the smoke and the swing stopped as soon as it was out. And NO there was not wind or anything.  God Bless and keep you safe...for my mom is with him

I believe in spirits.  I have lived in homes that had long histories & have seen & heard things.  In my current home I kept seeing a young man that looked like farm help from the 1800's (his clothing)  I looked up the history & sure enough my home was built on land that long ago was the only farm in the area!

I do believe in ghosts. In our house I believe the spirits of my husbands grandparents are here watching over us. My youngest daughter was sitting on the couch and looked beside her because she saw a shadow and saw an older man and lady standing by the couch talking about her. She described them to us and my husband freaked out because she described his grandparents perfectly. She had not seen a picture of them before she described what she saw. I myself have experienced things also.

I believe in ghosts. There is so much footage, in terms of stories, experiences, audio, photographs, film footage. Some things can be explained. But can every single bit of footage be explained?

I 100% do b/c of experiences I've had w/ them.

I definitely believe in ghosts. I don't have a reason, I just do.

I DON'T believe in ghosts because:
I have never seen/sensed one and I will not believe anything without proof behind it. All "ghost" cases can be somewhat explained so I am not satisfied with other people's experiences

No,I don't.

Because if ghosts exist,why I never happen to meet them.

I believe that if you believe i'm God, angels, and the holy spirit, then you should believe in ghosts.

Yes because i saw a ghost (and i know what i saw) and it looked at me but it was in a picture hanging on the wall and i looked down and up again and it was still there and did it again and it was gone and the picture was supposed to be my aunt and my uncle it was weird and my grandma said she has felt a brush of air that smelled like her husband and called to it and it answered

Yes i do believe in ghosts. I can't really explain the reasons for them not to exist....Yes there could be factors in seeing the ghost, like the brain forming images in the darkness in what looks to be a shadow person, but i honestly believe that they do exist. When we learn more about them and get a better understanding about their history and how they impact our society, then you will see that they are real.

I believe in ghosts, but as spirits that live with us. They have a life & a family. But the ghosts of dead people are spirits not ghosts. I also believe in angels as spirits that protect us, watch us and sometimes do what the god order them to do in a mission.

I am a Christian and I believe in the HOLY GHOST.  I do not so to speak, believe in ghosts/spirits.  However, I do believe in demons, I believe that Satan will send demons to possibly even appear to be a person from the past.  You may say, it's a nice ghost, not evil, but anything not of God, is evil, regardless of it looks evil or not.  I believe the haunted house stories, but they aren't what people think, they are demons, not ghost.

Ghosts do not exists at all. That is human perception (imagination). Ghost are created by the imagination of mankind

I believe that there are spirits, in particular one - the Holy Spirit, who have influence in your life and watch over you. I do however also believe that there are bad spirits, dead coming back to haunt the living. Too many strange things have happened not to believe in it