Comment by Atheist Ninja on December 23, 2008 at 10:30pm

What substantial evidence is there for a house being haunted by anything supernatural?

Comment by Ric on December 23, 2008 at 10:51pm

The theme of haunted houses isn't universal. Different cultures have different myths about their "restless dead" and not all involve an old house where things move and make "scary" noises. If it were a verifiable fact, it HAS to be universal. Just like religions, it is dependent on culture and folklore.

Comment by Morgan Matthew on December 24, 2008 at 10:56am

I think about it this way. If you spend the night in a old house and hear noises its just a old house. But if you sleep in a house knowing its "haunted" and hear noises you freak yourself out. The brain is funny.

Comment by Liam on December 24, 2008 at 12:34pm

I would also add that all hounted houses don't have a single explanation, just a single misconception. Each house will have it's own reason for being called haunted. If you generalise all hounted houses, yes it is difficult to explain en mass, but take each one individually.

The important fact is that there has never been a valid, verified, tested, objective and confirmed ghost experience.

Pity tho...it would be cool!

Altho it mightn't be cos if mediums are correct they would spend their time whispering "My name begins with P!!" at you.

Comment by Andrew the Fluffer on December 27, 2008 at 1:51pm

"Ghosts" can be measured with electronic equipment. I have no doubt that they are there. However, it would take a HUGE amount of convincing for me to believe they are dead people. They are probably just entities that we just don't understand yet. Calling them the ghosts of dead people is like saying "oh, it was God," when referring to unanswered scientific questions.

Comment by Alex Rogahn on December 29, 2008 at 8:10am

I doubt Ghosts are dead people, assuming they are real I'd day their just another random species than we now little about...

Comment by Frink on December 29, 2008 at 12:16pm

I doubt ghosts are anything but figments of people's imagination. Show me the money.

Comment by Stacie on December 29, 2008 at 4:17pm

thanks guys for you responses! I would agree after reading your guys comments that it is more based on imagination then anything else. I am really glad I found this site. I really appreciate having you all to ask questions about this stuff! (although, I still clear my browser history etc when I view this site :(

Comment by Frink on December 29, 2008 at 5:02pm

Not a problem. :)

Comment by Dema on January 8, 2009 at 4:30am

I consider hauntings to be more of the imagination than anything. Everyone loves to think the bump in the night is something even if it turns out to be the dog next door. The fears people have will always make something out of nothing even if proven wrong. Its just human nature to fear or look for something.

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