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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:07 PM Original message |
I need a definitive answer and I need it now: are there such things as ghosts |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. No. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Whew! |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. My "enlightened skepticism" makes me want to say No... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. So wherefrom comes the skepticism? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's my euphemism for my non-belief in a diety or higher being. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I try to believe in both |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. I lived in a haunted house for almost 5 years in Austin. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What did you see? n/t |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The only ghost we ever saw was a young woman who died in childbirth in 1910. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I understand. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. This was a old family house, the family no longer lived there. |
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windy252 (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Sometimes I Think I Might have a Friendly Ghost in My |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
55. Was it that ... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. No. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I wonder what would constitute this definitive proof. n/t |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Any proof at ALL would be a start. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I guess one would have to know what were the indications of a ghostly |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yes, and of oxygen deprivation. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I've never seen any sign of ghosts or hauntings |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. People WANT to believe. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. All the time, I have evangelical Christians tell me, no there are no ghosts. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oh, I'm impressed. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. You like that? I did it just for you... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Yeah, well I'm easily impressed. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. Back atcha, babe! |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Definitey- but I use the word "Spirits"-same thing-I've had many |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. So many people have that it's hard for me not to believe. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. yes. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Of all people, I believe you. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
22. How on earth are you going to get a definitive answer on this one? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well, the OP was written tongue in cheek. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
23. By my standards of science: |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. My ex husband is a physicist |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Not me |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I don't know what makes life easier. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. It is very true |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I do believe in ghosts or spirits. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Forgive a skeptic |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I forgive you! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I think empiricism is my refuge |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, they post on message boards all the time. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Laughing. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'm not technically a ghost. |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Something to look forward to, then. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. hardly "definitive" but I experienced something about 15 years ago that I can't explain |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Funny how we aren't comfortable |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
38. Has Bruce Willis just started hanging around for no reason? |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. No, though that was a great movie the first time I saw it. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. I believe so. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yo, der's shit out there, you ain't even dreamed of, Horatio. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
43. i say: absolutely |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
45. Yes. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
46. Definitive answer about ghosts? You may as well be asking about the Federal Reserve, |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
47. No. |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. I sure hope so |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
49. Definitive answer or one that might be accurate? |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
50. Yes! |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
51. Metaphorically or literally? |
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Tulio (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. Why wouldn't there be? (nt) |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
53. No. |
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EastTennesseeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
56. I believe so. |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
59. I just don't know. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yes. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I haven't even seen one, but there are just too many accounts |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
63. I believe there is something unexplained |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. I don't think they really exist. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
66. No. But there is a DEATH PANEL!!! |
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carpetbagger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
67. I trust someone's report of having seen two. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
69. Hold Up! I thought your X was/is a physicist, aren't those peeps into membrane theory n'stuff? |
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