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Paranormal Activity in Ireland (is it real?)

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  • #32
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,421 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    ??? wrote: »
    Psychic prediction: Ban coming along!
    For WEST, I doubt it. He hasnt actually insulted anyone. But taking threads like this off topic will likely get you and me infracted or banned!

    And WEST, lots of people over the age of 12 believe in or at least accept the possibility of ghosts, spirits, and all manner of other supernatural things.


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The truth is out there and they dont exist
    Getting back on topic , i am begining to think that Ireland isnt the hot bed of activity that everybody thinks.

    You hear all the storys people tell you how great the places are. You go and nothing happens .


  • #34
    paddybar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 203 ✭✭paddybar


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Getting back on topic , i am begining to think that Ireland isnt the hot bed of activity that everybody thinks.

    You hear all the storys people tell you how great the places are. You go and nothing happens .

    sticking to the topic,my answer has to be a resounding no.The reason nothing happens is because they dont exist.like previous posters the possibility of life on other planets is actually high but do they visit earth?extremely unlikely,as for ghosts no chance.


  • #35
    MooseJam
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    Sorry to have to inform you but there's no such thing as ghosts, or any paranormal activity for that matter


  • #36
    DenMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,483 ✭✭✭DenMan


    Of course ghosts exist, they are trapped. Either they chose to remain here or something is preventing them from leaving. History is full of paranormal activity and it would be wrong for people to just dismiss it out of hand. We live in one world but there are many others out there. Just my 2c!!


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  • #37
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Getting back on topic , i am begining to think that Ireland isnt the hot bed of activity that everybody thinks.

    You hear all the storys people tell you how great the places are. You go and nothing happens .
    So would you expect it to be different in other countries or do you think Ireland is strange in this regard?


  • #38
    Ghost Girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭Ghost Girl


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Getting back on topic , i am begining to think that Ireland isnt the hot bed of activity that everybody thinks.

    You hear all the storys people tell you how great the places are. You go and nothing happens .

    Ah sure the Irish just love a good auld story, especially rural ireland when it comes to paranormal / ghosts etc....Or else all the paddy's are slightly insane.


  • #39
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    MooseJam wrote: »
    Sorry to have to inform you but there's no such thing as ghosts, or any paranormal activity for that matter

    I'd really prefer some proof on that - though at the same time what exactly is a 'ghost' anyway? that word is used to describe various paranormal activities so some 'ghosts' may exist and others probably dont.


  • #40
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    you can't prove a negative, the requirement for proof is all upon the believers and there is not a shred after hundreds and hundreds of years


  • #41
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    see thats where i get lost.

    How can you say ghosts are a negative when we cant prove if they exist or not? Surely to say its a negative you must have some proof that they dont exist? Plus when you say 'not a shred' thats not paraticularly true as theres many claimed reports of paranormal activity (wither they are or not is a completely different story). You make it sound like no-one has ever put up any info that might be even considered genuine.


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  • #42
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    saying prove they don't exist is a negative - don't is a negative, I for example could say prove I don't have an invisible elephant in my house, you would be hard pressed to prove I don't, but that doesn't make it likely does it, if I say I have an invisible elephant it should be up to me to prove it, likewise it should be up to people who say ghosts exist to prove that also.


  • #43
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    and going by the same logic, if I said I had a real elephant at home i would be telling the truth? I wouldnt have to prove it though if you wanted to believe me you'd have to go and find out for yourself.

    SAying something doesnt exist doesnt mean it doesnt exist. Imagine if scientists had thought like that in the past - there'd never be any theories.


  • #44
    ???
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 520 ✭✭✭???


    iamhunted wrote: »
    and going by the same logic, if I said I had a real elephant at home i would be telling the truth?[.QUOTE]

    Non sequiter? Nonsensical?
    I wouldnt have to prove it though if you wanted to believe me you'd have to go and find out for yourself.

    Eh... yes you would. If you wanted to be taken seriously.
    SAying something doesnt exist doesnt mean it doesnt exist. Imagine if scientists had thought like that in the past - there'd never be any theories.
    Sigh... Fallacys. Strawman and false premise. We didn't say that. It is however a valid point which I agree with.

    However, theories don't magically pop out of the air like pixies. They are based on observations. So there would still be every theory!


  • #45
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    theres no way I will sit here and declare that the paranormal defintely really exists ... i cant say that as I dont know if that sthe case. On the other hand, I dont have anything that completely explains whats known as the paranormal either, so i cant say for defintely really that it doesnt exist either.

    There's only one way to get out of that and thats to try and find out. It could take centuries before theres a breakthrough in either direction, but thats why a lot of people are involved in paranormal research - not necessarily because they think every noise is a ghost. same goes for those who are cynical (rather than sceptical) about the parnanormal in that they're as unhelpful to the whole process as the orb huggers.


  • #46
    Zarbon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 371 ✭✭Zarbon


    I wonder are any of the "naw wayz" posters religious. Hmm...

    "I don't believe in this, therefore it's obviously not real."

    *Rides away on his high horse*


  • #47
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    *crashes into low bridge*


  • #48
    ???
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 520 ✭✭✭???


    Dunno about the others but I'm an atheist!!! God has to prove himself to me before I'll believe!!!


  • #49
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    From what I've seen many of the sceptics here post religiously on the Atheism & Agnosticism forum as well.


    (sorry, couldn't resist the pun :))


  • #50
    Ghost Girl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭Ghost Girl


    I see people there throwing ghosts and the paranormal into the one category...two different things from what I understand (regardless of whether you believe or not!)


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