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Atheists & Agnostics

JNelson6563

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33. Good story.

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #21)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 09:09 AM

Jun 2012

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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