reply to post by GTORick
Reading the previous posts simply serves to highlight the crux of the "ghost existance" issue. People talk about all sorts of properties and
abilities that ghosts are said to possess such as "unresolved issues"; being "immaterial, non-solid"; being "trapped" in a specific location;
being "pure energy" and many other amazing properties.
GTORick above mentioned a cell phone signal as not being "capturable" but in actuallity we do that very thing every time we use a cell phone ... we
"capture" the incoming signal, then process and manipulate it. And even though we can't see a cell phone signal, we still can use instruments to
study it and gain a tremendous amount of knowledge regarding it's composition.
Another example would be magnetic and electric fields. We can't capture a magnetic/electric field and certainly can't see them and yet we can study
their properties and have learned an incredible amount of information regarding them.
But when it comes to "ghosts", we apparently seem to have a lot of so-called "information" about them and ExPlurus-Unus above has mentioned some
of them i.e. "possession"and "they exist on a different plane of existence". And yet, there is NO proof of possession let alone HOW that might
happen ... and as for a different plane of existance ? what does THAT mean ? a parallel universe, perhaps ?
All this information that we "seem" to have regarding ghosts has almost become folklore and taken for granted but in fact seems to be nothing more
than a conflicting and confusing morass of alleged things that ghosts are and can do.
- What exactly is a ghost made off ? Give me a real answer and not "spirit", "essence", orb or other ambiguous cop out.
- Is a ghost intelligent and self-aware ? In other words, does it retain it's original human personality, experiences and memories ? If so, how and
where is this info stored within the ghost itself ? After all, we have brains that "physically" store our memories ... so what does a ghost use ?
- If a ghost can speak, does it have a larynx and if not, then how does it manipulate the air molecules to transmit sound ?
Where does a ghost obtain energy from to move, speak and interact with it's environment ? We process food to obtain our energy needs but a ghost ?
- Why are ghosts said to be associated or "trapped" within a specific location or building ? What mechanism locks the ghost to that location ? And
why should a ghost even allow itself to be trapped like that ?
- If a ghost can move through solid walls, why doesn't it sink into the ground ? What mechanism supports the ghost on the ground ?
- How is a ghost created ? Whats the mechanism involved between a person dying and his ghost being created ?
- If a ghost is clothed, does that imply that clothes can also "die" and become a ghostly version of their original real life existance ? If not,
where does a ghosts clothes come from and why would they EVEN need to be seen wearing clothes ? If a ghost is seen wearing trousers, can we assume
that it's wearing the ghostly version of underwear beneath the trousers ?
The above are just a few of the multitude of obvious questions that spring to mind regarding the "ghost phenomena" and not one of them has even
remotely been explained.
So in my opinion, if ghosts actually do exist, then they MUST be composed of "something" because they apparently interact with the world around them
and with people ... which immediately implies that they MUST be capable of being examined and studied.
But the more you think about what it would take for a ghost to even exist and interact with us, the more illogical, bizarre and contradictory the
entire thing becomes !
