Question about the idea of ghosts/spirits

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Question about the idea of ghosts/spirits

Hello everyone,
I am an agnostic, and many of you have answered my questions over the past few months. Many of you seemed to suggest that my questions were rather irrational. After taking time and reading all of the responses I have received, I have become more skeptical about things. Many of the answers you guys have given me have caused me to think more critically about the things people tell me. Today at school, a few of my colleagues were telling me anecdotal stories about ghosts being found in government buildings in Bratislava (capital of Slovakia). This was after we read about doctors in Malaysia claiming to see ghosts in their operating rooms. Some people who work in this government building have claimed to have spent the night in the government buildings in Slovakia, and even heard stairs creek really loudly with no one in sight. One colleague of mine also claimed that there is a ghost who exists at the hospital at which her mother works. She showed me a picture. At first, I was shocked, it looked totally real, and I cannot exactly explain what it was, assuming she is not intentionally lying. She said that the ghost shows up every night right before that section of the hospital is closed. There are many of these stories of people seeing, and even speaking with ghosts. Some claim they hear something.

In the past, I would have blindly accepted it. Now I came back at the students making the claims, and asked them what proof they had that these stories were true to begin with. I think that there is a chance they were all made up. Even if they were not, and there was some sound that people claim to have heard, it doesn't mean that it was a ghost/spirit that made that noise. It could be that people even expected to see these ghosts and imagined it, or that people who spent the night were in some half dreamlike state while these experiences occurred. I think it is important to say that we don't ultimately know what happened. Because we don't know, means that we can't even attempt to guess what exactly happened because the possibilities are endless. Also, every time someone has tried to capture an image or video of a ghost, they have always failed. What do you guys think about my opinion?

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chimp3's picture
Your skepticism is a very
Nyarlathotep's picture
I also think you r skepticism
ThePragmatic's picture
"In the past, I would have
Razvan's picture
Keep up your free thinking
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Pork222: Take a look at this
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