Comments on: Ghosts, spirits, and the paranormal http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/28/ghosts_spirits_and_the_paranormal A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: johnhattan http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/28/ghosts_spirits_and_the_paranormal/comment-page-1#comment-31337 johnhattan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31337 We had a hardcore astrology-believing atheist in dfwatheisttalk for a short time. We proposed she take one of Randi's tests for astrology. At first she agreed, but she not-unexpectedly bailed before the test was done.<br /> <br /> The supernatural is bunk. Live with it. There are no ghosts, no psychic powers, no astral projection, and no astrology. We live in a natural world that's full of wonders to explore. To make up silly things like ghosts is to belittle what we do have. We had a hardcore astrology-believing atheist in dfwatheisttalk for a short time. We proposed she take one of Randi’s tests for astrology. At first she agreed, but she not-unexpectedly bailed before the test was done.

The supernatural is bunk. Live with it. There are no ghosts, no psychic powers, no astral projection, and no astrology. We live in a natural world that’s full of wonders to explore. To make up silly things like ghosts is to belittle what we do have.

]]> By: Esperdome http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/28/ghosts_spirits_and_the_paranormal/comment-page-1#comment-31338 Esperdome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31338 I see no contradiction, belief in the supernatural doesn't equal theism.<br /> <br /> Anything you can't explain by nature can be considered 'supernatural'. <br /> <br /> I have personally seen things I can't fully explain. Does this mean I start worshipping a deity? <br /> <br /> No. Start by applying Occam's razor and eliminate the obvious.<br /> <br /> I see no contradiction, belief in the supernatural doesn’t equal theism.

Anything you can’t explain by nature can be considered ‘supernatural’.

I have personally seen things I can’t fully explain. Does this mean I start worshipping a deity?

No. Start by applying Occam’s razor and eliminate the obvious.

]]> By: Gun Of Sod http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/28/ghosts_spirits_and_the_paranormal/comment-page-1#comment-31339 Gun Of Sod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31339 Technically I suppose it's possible to believe in Ghosts and be an Atheist, I certainly wouldn't call myself a rationalist/skeptic though.<br /> <br /> Personally I'd find it very difficult to reconcile a belief in the afterlife with a non-belief in the existence of God(s)/FSM. Technically I suppose it’s possible to believe in Ghosts and be an Atheist, I certainly wouldn’t call myself a rationalist/skeptic though.

Personally I’d find it very difficult to reconcile a belief in the afterlife with a non-belief in the existence of God(s)/FSM.

]]> By: Gun Of Sod http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/28/ghosts_spirits_and_the_paranormal/comment-page-1#comment-31340 Gun Of Sod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31340 <blockquote>"The supernatural is bunk. Live with it. There are no ghosts, no psychic powers, no astral projection, and no astrology."</blockquote><br /> <br /> There are however large red crabs that live under every chair, that will nip your toes if you put your feet on the ground, unless you flick the light switch on and off 5 times.

“The supernatural is bunk. Live with it. There are no ghosts, no psychic powers, no astral projection, and no astrology.”

There are however large red crabs that live under every chair, that will nip your toes if you put your feet on the ground, unless you flick the light switch on and off 5 times.

]]> By: ang6666 http://atheists.org/blog/2006/03/28/ghosts_spirits_and_the_paranormal/comment-page-1#comment-31341 ang6666 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-31341 As much as I enjoy watching ghost movies and such, they don't exist. Once we are dead, we're gone. That's it. No lingering of spirits or anything.<br /> <br /> Did she explain at all how she justified the two to herself?? Atheism and believing in ghosts? As much as I enjoy watching ghost movies and such, they don’t exist. Once we are dead, we’re gone. That’s it. No lingering of spirits or anything.

Did she explain at all how she justified the two to herself?? Atheism and believing in ghosts?

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