Why are people scared of ghosts?
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Superstitious people fear everything. Only knowledge can remove fears.
712127
I have the same problem. Not so much anymore but I used to. If you think your house is haunted just know that ghosts can't hurt you. Have you tried using a nightlight, or if you have a TV in your room, put it on sleep timer so it shuts off after you fall asleep.
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I know that there is a form of a closet monster in Asian cultures but children are taught not to be afraid of them because it is said that the spirits in the closet are the deceased relatives of the child and that they are there to look out for them. This is part of the reason why Asian cultures have family shrines in a section of the living space.
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Who cares what others believe. At the end of the day, when you see one, the opinion of others does not really matter.\nThere are forces that we cannot explain. We all want to control our environment and pretend we can. \nThere are tricks and illusions to scare you and those are manmade. If you do believe in ghosts, it should be a quiet conviction that maybe someone is trying to reach you. Just ask him or her what do you want?
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i'm not sure if i believe in ghosts per say, but i do believe in the spirit world.  \ni do have a story behind it-and you can find it in one of the questions i asked recently.\nanyway, there's alot of people who don't believe in the unknown but i think because they don't want to open themselves up to it.\njust my opinion.
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I believe in the supernatural and life beyond death.\nI don't think you should be afraid of all ghosts,just the mean ones.Violent spirits should definitely be feared,but sometimes our loved ones come from beyond as ghosts to tell us something or let us know were not alone.We shouldn't fear them.
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Me! Me! Me! I have a bunch of questions!!! Why do ghosts always come out in the dark when you're all alone. Why don't they come and knock on the door at noon. Why they gotta scare us? I don't believe all of them are evil. They should be friendly.
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That is an excellent question.\n\nAnd a question that is further complicated by the fact that not everyone sees ghosts and we certainly don't know what ghosts are yet.\n\nWithout knowing what they are it is very difficult to determine why some see them and others don't.\n\nI personally think it has something to do with the biological (chemical and structural) make-up of the brains of those who can see ghosts.\n\nOf course, some ghosts are easily explained away as hallucinations, mistaken identity, trick of the eye, optical illusion, etc.  Others may be the cause of certain environmental factors, such as high levels of EMF, on the brain.\n\nJaime
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People like you are scary.  What is the question?
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because death or bein dead is part of the unknown. people generally dislike unfamiliar circumstances i.e death. im scared of death, partially becuase im scared of how it will happen, but also becuase we dont 'really' know what happens after death till it happens. im not religious.. but who knows? no1.
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Well the only scientific basis of ghosts is that the person which sees them is standing at the time in am eviroment that is affected by strong electromagnetic fields (a hounted house) that affects his brain and causes him/she to have kinda an illusion.
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The phenomena of ghosts is not so easily explained away; there are many explanations. For example, most cases of poltergeist activity are actually caused by someone in the household with latent (often unknown) telekinetic (and possibly telepathic) abilities, reaching out subconsciously. Only very rarely is a poltergeist a true haunt of any kind.\n\nPhantoms (or phantasms) are images of past events (some say they may be glimpses into other dimensions). These psychic echoes are not real. They cannot interact with people who are present because they aren't really there. Because they are simply echoes, neither can they be photographed or recorded. They exist only in the minds of those who see them.\n\nHaunts are typically the energy that remains after death (some might call this the soul) of a being that is attached to a particular place for a particular reason. It might be the spot that they died and wish to warn others, they might be unable to find their rest until their body is located, or they might be seeking to lure others to the same fate that befell them. Usually, a haunt is tied the the location it is associated with and cannot go more than a certain distance from that locale. A kindly and devoted grandparent might manifest as a haunt in the home where he or she lived and was loved.\n\nFree spirits tend to wander a bit more, sometimes getting around remarkably well. There is some debate about the nature of free spirits. Some may also be unaware that they have died. I have read a couple of cases where a person has died and gone about their daily routine until they suddenly saw something (or someone) who told them they were dead. Others may have been strong-willed enough to remain behind to complete a specific task, or just because they were too stubborn to die.\n\nAstral forms (the energy signatures of astrally-projecting individuals) are often perceived to be ghosts, but they are not such (at least, not in the sense that they are dead).\n\nThis is getting a bit long in the tooth, so if you'd like to discuss it further, feel free to contact me.
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Ghosts are everywhere, they are the spirits of those who have gone on before us. Some believe they are demons but then again isn't there something about a ghost in the Bible. Father son and holy ghost correct... I have a ghost in my rug ( Native American made) who visits me when I am stressed out to the max, and he sits with me and comforts me. I have had a ghost in one house where we lived of the woman who had lived there and her cat who used to just sit on the top of my bookcase... The building I live in now, use to be a ballroom and hotel rooms and Capone use to hang out around here, the ghosts in this place are not happy ones, but they don't bother me as long as I don't bother them..
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People tend to say they hate things that they dont know anything about because they are scared.  They fear it because it is different from how they are and they dont know it, so its scarey to them.
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It's probably just fluke but who knows? They do feed off of fear you know ghosts and things! do, do, do, do :D
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There are no such things as ghosts for the Bible tells us that the dead cannot hear, see, or feel anything--"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." Ecclesiastes 9:10\n"His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." Psalm 146:4\nSatan and his demons like to scare people. Sometimes they pretend to be people who have died. They may even imitate voices of those who have died. In this way the demons fool many into believing that dead people are alive and can talk with the living. Yes, the demons cause many people to believe in ghosts.\nThe Bible warns that Satan and his demons are intent on misleading mankind. They take advantage of mankind’s despair and hopelessness to offer attractive, but false, solutions. (2 Corinthians 11:14) Hence, the Bible warning: “In later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons.”—1 Timothy 4:1.\nChristians need to listen to what the Bible really teaches about the dead. If they do, then they will not believe in ghosts, but will realize just how powerful Satan is in his quest to deceive us.
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I believe in ghosts, only because I had an encounter with one.   I woke up in the middle of the night once, to feel someone sitting down on the edge of my bed.  There was NO ONE there, but there was something moving, and putting pressure on my bed.  I also felt as though I was not alone in my room, even though the door was closed and locked from the inside.  I closed my eyes and I either fainted or fell back to sleep- but I know I wasn't dreaming.  When I woke it was gone.