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If I'm such a hardcore Atheist, then why am I afraid of GHOSTS??
I'll tell you why... Ghost Hunters on SciFi Channel and Paranormal State on A&E scare the CRAP outta me!!! LOL!! I'm not lying... I love those shows!!
But for real... the existence of ghosts/spirits/residual 'energies' after you die defy my perception of the human existence. I think most Atheists agree that we are nothing but a small step up from chimps and the fact that we cry when someone else cries does not make us leaders of the Universe! Just because you perceive your emotions a profround and earth moving, at times, does not mean that your existence permeates space and time. It's just neurotranmitters and synapses... nothing more. The same thing can be found in your pet dog's gray matter (I heard about a study on Calling All Pets on NPR that dogs have similar neurotransmitters and receptors in their brains as us). Just because we have cognition doesn't make us special enough to float around after we're dead and rotted and interact with our loved ones (who will also be dead one day).
The next time you pass by the dead squirell at the end of your street that has been there for a few days, realize that WILL be you and it WILL be too soon whether it's tomorrow or 80 years from now. All of a sudden that TV show you're watching doesn't seem that interesting, and that 99 cent hamburger seems like a complete waste of your precious time to choke down. I'd get a steak instead, and enjoy it while I can.
But for real... the existence of ghosts/spirits/residual 'energies' after you die defy my perception of the human existence. I think most Atheists agree that we are nothing but a small step up from chimps and the fact that we cry when someone else cries does not make us leaders of the Universe! Just because you perceive your emotions a profround and earth moving, at times, does not mean that your existence permeates space and time. It's just neurotranmitters and synapses... nothing more. The same thing can be found in your pet dog's gray matter (I heard about a study on Calling All Pets on NPR that dogs have similar neurotransmitters and receptors in their brains as us). Just because we have cognition doesn't make us special enough to float around after we're dead and rotted and interact with our loved ones (who will also be dead one day).
The next time you pass by the dead squirell at the end of your street that has been there for a few days, realize that WILL be you and it WILL be too soon whether it's tomorrow or 80 years from now. All of a sudden that TV show you're watching doesn't seem that interesting, and that 99 cent hamburger seems like a complete waste of your precious time to choke down. I'd get a steak instead, and enjoy it while I can.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Sheehan on -
They don't. Where did you hear that?
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Permalink Reply by El Solo Lobo on -
Actually I have encountered a few folk who say they are atheist, but say we can't be certain about what happens after death because no one has been there and returned.
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Permalink Reply by El Solo Lobo on
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Awww... man, how I hate arguments like this. It feeds the fundies, and other goobers who think there is some chance, however remote, that dead doesn't really mean dead, hence they will seize on that and never support the idea of defeating death by our own minds and technology. No, there is no chance that there is life after death, none, zip, zilch, nada, and no that is not blind faith or religion, it is simple biological fact.
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Permalink Reply by Tara Grant on -
Right on, Lone Wolf...
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Permalink Reply by Goz on -
Actually,people have been there and returned. My dad even died and they brought him back.
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Ned Kelly on -
Real ghosts are usually sexy, and that's pretty much the litmus test. Scary, unattractive ghosts are almost always some kids shining a flashlight in the dark.
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Permalink Reply by Tara Grant on
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so true... Thanks for the info, Doc!! lol
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Permalink Reply by El Solo Lobo on
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Just wait till we get the holo-projector up and running... we'll have ghost sightings out the wazoo (that's in Wisconsin, right?)
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Ned Kelly on
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I'm not sure. But, check out Tara's shades. See the ghost reflection in the lenses? Is it Lizzy Borden---see the axe?
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Permalink Reply by SBrooks on -
I always loved it when something creepy happened when I was a kid. Even though I'm not a big believer in the supernatural, I could fool myself long enough to get scared. Good times.
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Permalink Reply by FreeThinker on -
When I was a kid, there was an abandoned house across the street from us. The owner of the house was a woman in a nursing home. Her husband had died in the house. The house sat empty the entire 14 years that we lived across the street. Naturally, all of the kids in the neighborhood came up with crazy theories about why the house was empty and said it was haunted by ghosts.
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Permalink Reply by SBrooks on
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Maybe there are no ghost but you never know when bigfoot is going to jump out of the woods at you!!
I'm just saying...
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