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11/30/2009

Movies about Ghosts














Ghosts not Exist?


Some people do not believe ghosts exist. They thought there are no ghosts of dead people. Our consciousness is only a result of all the parts of our body working together. Feel, hear, taste or smell is only our brain's interpretation of our environment. There is no such thing as a soul or a part that lives on. Therefore, no ghosts, and no scientific evidence or reasoning agrees that there are ghosts. Some people said the ghost is just optical illusions. They think people’s brain can make mistakes sometimes and that is the reason why they see things that are shadowy and visional. “You may have seen moving shapes in static images, does that change color, ghosts that do not exist and even a “religious” experience.” (Optical Illusions, 2007, para.20) Some people and scientists think ghost is superstition. The contemporary East Asian term "superstition" in Chinese would appear to be a comparatively recent word, and may well reflect a Christian analysis of the religious situation. (Barrett, T. 2008, p.1) Another example is the famine period between 1959 and 1961in China. It was ravaged by what was probably the worst famine in human history in terms of the absolute number of deaths. There are many diseases disseminated that caused more death. At that time people believe it is the punishment of God. Actually, it is the failure to deal properly with the dead was one reason why chaotic spirits were now believed to be in the ascendant. (Smith, S. 2006, p.408, 419) In religion, the Bible is the definitive source for knowing anything anyone would ever want to know about ghosts, which makes it somewhat ironic that many Christians simply label all 'ghostly' phenomena as demonic and forget about it, or conclude that ghosts don't exist, when in fact that clearly do.

Spirits and Ghosts


Some people believe ghosts exist. Ghosts that tend to stick around could be caught between two worlds-their world-and ours. They might have unfinished business with a loved one, friend or even business partner. Some ghosts can be attached to a house they lived in, an object that they held so dearly to them while alive, or have some anger or sorrow that they took with them when they died. Ghosts can also be unaware that they have even died. Ghosts are often thought to be residual- leftover energy that is simply re-playing an event in time. However, residual does not equal ghost, it equals leftover energy, like a blueprint that is frozen in time. Residual activity is not interactive; it is just a movie that constantly replays repeatedly. Ghost is different from spirit. The word spirit is a term used for spiritual beings like spirit guides, angels or other spirits who have a special purpose and are here to help the living with various things. Spirits are considered to be 'good', Among paranormal enthusiast groups, the difference between spirits and ghosts comes up as a topic quite often, and can lead to round and round discussions about who is right and who is wrong when it comes to defining the difference between the two. Some would say that a ghost is any spirit who has come back from the dead to haunt a person, place or thing, and it is a ghost regardless of what it is intentions are. Others would say that spirits and ghosts are the same thing, with no difference between the two.

Ghosts in Religion

Ghosts exist for a long time and were very important in religion. Folk beliefs think people die and become ghosts, but Buddhism does not think so. After a person died, his soul will leave his body, he will become the visional shape in the intermediate existence between death and reincarnation. He will keep this shape until he goes to the next metempsychosis. (Braarvig, J. 2009, para.3)

In Christianity, ghosts in the bible most mean devil Satan or fallen angels. After people died, their soul all goes to haven wait for the resurrection of the last phase of an age. People who belong to Christ will go to paradise; others will go to lower world to be punished. The preternatural phenomenon is the lies and feints made by Satan.
In Taoism, people become ghosts after they die. The believer of Taoism believe some senior Taoists can use some incantation or special symbols to control ghost, even command ghosts do something for them. There are many traditions in Chinese culture is basic on exorcism and avoid evil spirits. (Dippmann, J. 2001, p.46)

11/29/2009

Do You Believe Ghosts Exit?


Do you believe ghosts exist?

Have you ever lost in your way just cannot find the way out for a long time? Have you ever see someting strange and only you can see? Oh, you think that was just a hallucination? Maybe not! I cannot tell you right now, but I have some stories from people around me. One of my close friend told me he always feel there is someone or something came in his bedroom during midnight, or even set on his bed when he was slept. Once he was ready to sleep in the midnight, he heard his roommate is doing something outside his door, he asked but nobody answered. The second day they said they all heard the sound in the livingroom. The house the rent is big but very cheap. All of this were very eerie. What I want to tell you is that there may be something exist in our space we cannot see by eyes.