what's the difference between ghosts and sprits?
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Actually, the difference between ghosts and spirits depends on who you are talking to.\n\nI, for instance, think that the terms ghost and spirit can be used interchangeably.\n\nI also realize that spirit often refers to what makes us "us."  The Latin root of the word means to breathe.\n\nWebster's Dictionary includes 14 definitions for the word spirit with the first two being:\n1.  "an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organism" and the second being" and the second as "a supernatural being or essence: as a capitalized : HOLY SPIRIT b : SOUL\n2.  "an often malevolent being that is bodiless but can become visible; specifically : GHOST 2 d : a malevolent being that enters and possesses a human being"\n\nWebster has 7 definitions for the word ghost with the first 2 being very similar to those for spirit:\n1.  the seat of life or intelligence : SOUL \n2.  a disembodied soul; especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness\n\nFor the sake of clarity, I refer to a ghost and rarely use the word spirit at all.
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I refer to the "ghosts" as Spirits, first of all.\nAbout 14 years ago, my family moved into a newly renovated duplex.  It was just perfect for us, and we were planning on staying for a long time.  One evening I was napping upstairs when for no apparent reason the bedroom door closed.  Slowly and quietly.  In hind-sight, I think the Spirit was trying not to disturb me, but to shut out the noise from down stairs.  On several occasions my Wife and I have seen a little boy, (Spirit), playing hide-and-go-seek. He would invite us to play by darting in and out from behind furniture and smiling at us, as to say "come on and play, it's fun!"  He was about 7 years old with blond hair, dressed in a tee-shirt and blue jeans.  We had to move suddenly due to a death in the family to care for a house that was left to us.\nI will never forget the little boy.  He will be in my heart forever.  I just hope he finds someone else to play with...\nThere was an evil Spirit in the house also.  This was a man that demanded respect with his presents.  We didn't speak of him at home, we waited to discuss the sightings of him while we were away because we didn't want to get him mad at us.  We are a peaceful family and didn't want to get on the wrong side of him.\nI'm glad you ask this question.  Thank you!
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I believe that ghosts or "spirits" really do exist.  I also believe that it is because they have a "problem" of some sort that is not yet solved to their satisfaction, is a victim of a murder or other crime; or they are caught between this world and the next world, maybe because they committed suicide.
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First, we need to distinguish between ghosts and spirits. We all have spirits. Ghosts are a sort of psychic echo which haunt a place or thing. There can be ghosts at the cemetery, but they aren't a primary place for ghosts. Ghosts tend to develop in a place where there was profound emotion prior to death. People sometimes go to cemeteries to commune with spirits, and so spirits are familiar with the cemeteries.
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well i believe in sprits, ghosts, etc...\nJust because you don't see something with your naked eye doesnt' mean that they don't exsist.  I have had weird things happen to me since my father past away 15 years ago.... sometimes i can be sitting in a chair, no one in the house with me and it feels like someone just pushed on my back... so some people would say i was crazy, i think it was a ghost, be it my father or brother or other family member that past on, or maybe my angel, that touched my shoulder to say that they were there.  I don't think that we should open a pandora's box by trying to open a port-hole for evil to come through... but the ghosts will contact those they want... as far as your fathers car, i believe that happened, but i wouldn't give into it or try to give it power...\n\ngood luck
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You can't tell for sure. Just like God, ghosts can neither be proven nor disproven. It's something many people believe, but there is no verifiable evidence either way.
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Probably ghosts, since the idea of ghosts is pretty much universal throughout all cultures. While there are some mythological creatures that have a lot in common with our idea of zombies and vampires, these ideas aren't quite as universal and offer differ between cultures too much to truly say that something is, say, a "Chinese vampire" or "Aztec zombie." But ghosts are pretty simple, since the main concept is simply that of a dead human spirit and the particulars may vary widely even within this culture. Like I said, you can find that pretty much anywhere.
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i belive in spirits not ghost, ghost are something some people consider made up to scare (as in booooooooo in the middle of the night or in a grave yard).  i consider spirits as the spirits of the dead and just that not something to scare.
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i wouldnt call them ghosts rather spirits or energies. I use to live in an appartment block which use to be an Old County Infirmary- it use to be the place where they cared for leapers. And I can definately tell you they are real!\n\nLots of weird things happened, once I was watching tv alone and a knife fell off the draining board of its own accord. (there was no vibrations coming from any applicance at the time to have knocked it off). \nAnother time my self and my boyfriend we just nodding off to sleep and right up in the corner of the room a huge dark shadow appeared and swooped over the two of us and away over the headboard-the two of us saw it at the same time.\nAnd there was always thumbing and dragging noises coming from above us although we lived on the top floor.\n\nAnother thing that makes me believe in spirits is that my own mother died 2 years ago, and recently I was at home and heard her bed squeek as if some1 sat on it -thinking it was the dog jumping on or off i went to see there was no one there, all of a sudden I got an overwhelming smell of flowers (she was a keen gardener).\nAnd the most amazing of all is, I had a picture of my mother and myself hugging on new years 1999, I loved the picture as we both looked so happy, I kept the picture in my diary and never ever moved it-no1 else knew where the picture was let alone remember having the picture. \nOne evening I was feeling really down, it was a particular bad time in my life and I asked my mother for a sign that she was looking after me. I was busying myself by clearing out some cupboards that hadnt been touched in years and low and behold the exact picture feel out of an old book- i know it was da same picture as I had written on the back. I reckon it was my mothers way of telling me she's still here in some form still looking after me.
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Ghost study has a great ghost gallery.\n\nhttp://www.ghoststudy.com/gallery.html
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Althought spirituality may be associated with religion, a true spiritual person may have no religion at all.  On the other hand a relgious person may not be spiritual in the least. Sprituality to me is knowing one self and becoming one with your surroundings and nature.  Think ZEN.
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The Bible speaks of spirits. Is that not ghosts?
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payscale.  Ghosts get extra hazard pay depending on the house they haunt. Spirits however get better dental.
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Absolutely.\n\nThe first one that comes to mind is I Samuel 28:15, in the Christian Bible, where Saul calls up the ghost of the prophet Samuel with the help of a medium.\n\nThe Jinn of Islam can be considered ghosts, and are mentioned quite frequently in the Quran.\n\nAlso, I know that ghosts are spoken of in other religious traditions, but I'm not sure if they're part of actual doctrine.  For example:\n\nPretas are the ghosts of Hindu men that die violent deaths and don't receive a proper burial.\n\n'Hungry Ghosts' are one of the six Buddhist states of existence.  (The Hungry Ghosts Festival is celebrated annually in China.)\n\nThere are Taoist rites for questioning and expelling 'demon ghosts'.\n\n\nI suppose it all comes down to what you consider "religious documentation" - if you mean writings from recognized authorities (prophets, saints, teachers, etc...) then I think you'll find mention of ghosts in nearly every organized religion.
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http://theshadowlands.net/ghost/
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People who beleive in ghosts (and I don't) say that only troubled spirits stay behind as ghosts. I am very happy. In 150 years, I will be dead, but not a ghost. And I don't think about it, other than answering this question, because I am enjoying my life in the present.
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i have loads of times i found nothing though....\ntoo bad for me......i love hunting ghosts.........loads of fun....