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Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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24. the handle turned and the door opened.

Reply to RebelOne (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:34 PM

Jun 2012

Rather than jump to the default supernatural explanations.... there are many simpler ones.

Like the door was not latched all the way and your walking on the porch jared it enough to pen the latch... and the nob turned in the process. This and a combination of remembering it inaccurately seem fine explanations to me.

I love a good ghost story too... but because I make period costumes, I prefer the ones with women in hoop skirts and that sorta thing... a good Gothic tale...

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I love a good ghost story [View all] Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 OP

I love a good ghost story too. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #1

I have had a few supernatural experiences and I am an atheist. RebelOne Jun 2012 #2

Yep, that gives me chills. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #4

Odd experience, that Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #6

the handle turned and the door opened. AlbertCat Jun 2012 #24

There was no porch and nothing to jar the door. RebelOne Jun 2012 #37

There was no porch and nothing to jar the door. AlbertCat Jun 2012 #38

Devil's advocate time... Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #7

You do make a point. But Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #10

I'm not ready to make that claim Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #16

My definition of an atheist is one who does not believe in (a) god. djean111 Jun 2012 #12

Can you explain what that experience was like? Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #13

Strange sociological phenomenon: ghosts change over time. dimbear Jun 2012 #3

Interesting observation Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #5

It's strange, but ghosts never seem to come back to tell their relatives that dimbear Jun 2012 #8

Maybe there are rules against that. nt Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #9

Ha...perhaps so Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #15

Break the rules, you are vaporized. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #18

Duzy! Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #19

Break the rules, you are vaporized. AlbertCat Jun 2012 #25

How the hell do I know Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #29

Who doesn't love a good ghost story? daaron Jun 2012 #11

"We can't be trusted to interpret information when it's at the edge of our senses" Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #14

True - no objective method. daaron Jun 2012 #17

my (somewhat rational) take Shagman Jun 2012 #20

A ghost made me buy beer. OriginalGeek Jun 2012 #21

Good story. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #33

I'm an agnostic who thinks most "paranormal hunters" are full of shit ... Kennah Jun 2012 #22

A couple things: laconicsax Jun 2012 #23

"Ghosts in another dimension" AlbertCat Jun 2012 #26

I think the experimental theologians have it at 11 dimensions. laconicsax Jun 2012 #28

Body cools over time after death, but whatever energy was in a person is gone immediately Kennah Jun 2012 #31

I think you meant quantum mechanics, not relativity. laconicsax Jun 2012 #32

Ghosts are wishful thinking... cynatnite Jun 2012 #27

Killjoy! nt Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #30

Agreed Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #34

What would constitute an extra-natural event? FiveGoodMen Jun 2012 #35

Ahhh....good point! Stuckinthebush Jun 2012 #36

One of the best ghost stories ever written. longship Jun 2012 #39