Do you think all ghosts are evil?

@fwidman (11514)
United States
July 31, 2008 12:09am CST
It amazes me that, whenever people think about ghosts, they immediately think of them as being evil. I don't know why that is, because I know it isn't true. We used to have a ghost in a building I worked in and he wasn't evil. He did scare some of the college students when they were alone in the building, but I don't think he meant to. Other than one time when he pulled a sleeping girls leg, he didn't really do anything mean. He did spend a lot of time turning lights on and off and making loud footsteps but he certainly wasn't evil. What about you? Do you think ghosts are evil? Have you ever seen a ghost?
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@twallace (2675)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I don't think that they are evil, eventhough I have not encountered one before. I watch thing on tv and see show about them. Some have said that they are evil but not all of them. Some are just people in a place and trying to get someones attention. Not meaning to scare people but that is what happens most of the time. It's not like they are going to ask they what do you want and why are you bothering me. Have you ever encounter the ghost that you spoke about? If so how did you deal with it?
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@twallace (2675)
• United States
1 Aug 08
I know that was interesting event. I have not had anything like that happen to me before though. If it did I didn't know or didn't pay it any mind.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
1 Aug 08
If he hadn't continuously been messing around with me and the other people in that building I probably wouldn't have paid him any mind either
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I saw him once. I had talked to him numerous times before that and many times after. He enjoyed turning lights on after I had turned them off in an upstairs area. He always did it after I was at the bottom of the stairs. Grr! I'm sure he thought it was funny!
@bfarrier1 (2082)
• United States
31 Jul 08
fwidman I have never seen a ghost so I really cant say one way or the other,I would hope they would not be evil but I guess it would count on what kind of person they were when they were alive.I cant say I believe in ghost but several members of my family do and they swear they have seen ghost and such but that is them and until I actually see one I guess I will be a non believer.You have a wonderful day.
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@bfarrier1 (2082)
• United States
4 Aug 08
That is very true so I guess I am a non believer in ghost.You have a great night.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
You don't have to see something to believe in it. I've never seen God or Christ but I believe they exist
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I dont think any spirits are evil....Some can be playful and I suppse that could to one who's never experienced spirits could seem evil but none that I've ever experienced have actually been evil. In fact I dont thnk an "evil" spirit exists at all....and I htin that those who DO think spirits are evil either are incapable of stopping to really think about whats goin on and/or are just far too caught up (or just caught up period) in the hype and hollywood b.s...
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
With rare exceptions, Hollywood does make them seem very evil
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@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
31 Jul 08
Well I would certainly hope they are not evil. I lost my mom last year, and I know if for some reason she came back she would definitely not be evil. Since she had cancer we knew she was dying, so I often would ask her to come visit me or haunt me once she was gone. She would just smile. I think most people are scared by spirits because they don't understand. Its something unfamiliar so its scary to them. Now I'm sure that some might be mean ones because they may have been mean in real life, but don't judge them all by that is my view.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I'm sure that if your Mom were able to, she'd be happy to come back and visit you
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@zhaosonghan (1039)
• China
31 Jul 08
I have never seen ghost,i just heard,actually i don't know whether ghost exist,if yes i think it likes human society have good people and baddie,all of the things have two side,angle exist and evil must exist,so i think if ghost is real,some of ghost may be evil.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
Hearing a ghost can be as much fun as seeing a ghost
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I believe some are good and that some are bad, just like there are good people and bad people, I am sure that people show more interest on ghosts/spirits that seem to have negative powers or are haunting homes by breaking and scaring people away.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
Those shows are popular I am always amazed at those t.v. shows because the people in them always think that, no matter where they are, the ghosts all speak or understand English
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• United States
31 Jul 08
Funny you should mention Ghosts Fwidman, I just answered a post by Foxy and she had a picture that her child took offered up for scrutiny. Anyway i just got through telling her that I am not sure I am a believer, but then again I do not disbelieve. Either. No I would not think at all that they are all evil, just as humanity is not all evil. I would think that if there is a spirit world then when we die we take what we are in essence into that world. When I was a child I had a very active vivid imagination. I spent much of my time in active day dreaming and fantasy. But there were times I felt people really around me, safe secure loving... At that time I called them ghosts.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
True enough, there are evil beings in humanity and so it's fair to think they may be evil in spirit form as well
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• United States
31 Jul 08
If a person was good when they die they wouldn't come back as a evil ghost. They would come back as a good ghost. I have never persoally had dealings with a ghost but I know people that have had. And I do believe in ghosts.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
True, I would not think they would change character once they have passed on
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi fwidman, I know that not everyone believes in ghosts, in fact probably very few. I'm not sure what to believe as I've been told some very interesting stories. I certainly don't think that all ghosts would be evil, if there are such things. I'm not even sure that there are any evil people, just very mixed up and confused, So much so that we have not we have not figured out how we can help them. Maybe it's the same with ghosts. Blessings.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
1 Aug 08
I'm not sure there are truly evil people or ghosts It is hard to believe for many maybe because they've never seen a ghost or maybe because their mind is closed to anything that they cannot explain rationally.
• Japan
31 Jul 08
I don't believe in ghosts and evils. Everything is in our mind only. There is no evil outside. I have seen ghosts in some bad people and evil spirit in some mad actions.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
Anything is possible, even if you think it is our minds only
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@successlog (3172)
• China
31 Jul 08
hi friend,i think it is so amazing.Is it true you met the ghost in the building? are you sure? I never meet any ghost in my life. Because i never think it is exist in our life.BUt i always see some horrible movies with ghosts.And most of them are evil avatar in the movies.BUt i always think the angel is good ghost in my mind.But i am not sure whether or not it is right.lol Good luck
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I saw him He startled me, that's for sure! But, he didn't look evil like they show ghosts in most movies
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@dhevasena (144)
31 Jul 08
~To be honest i ve never mt a ghost and am not sure about its existance either. I have spent most of my time in one of the most haunted places on the earth apparently -a hospital and have had nurses tell me of their experiances but i have never had any experiances myself!
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
That might be a good thing. I wouldn't want a ghost messing with me while I was in a hospital
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@wa2nlinux (179)
• Indonesia
31 Jul 08
They are bad cop and good cop, :D Ghost if you said ghost, they bad one :D
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
They may be good or bad, one never knows until they appear and we can see what they are doing
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@depe666 (10)
31 Jul 08
I don't think that all ghost are evil. I have one in my house and she's helping me a lot in finding my missing things ... huehehehe ...
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Jul 08
Are you sure she isn't the one that is hiding these things you lose?
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@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
1 Aug 08
in my opinion basing on what i saw on movies and some talk shows whose topic was all about ghost and the likes...they said that some were aggressive or a bit harsh and can move things.. some are not..but i guess they cant harm human beings..(that is based on above mentioned) but generally i really dont believe in ghost yet since i havent experience seeing one..
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
1 Aug 08
Yes, they can move things, although I'm sure there are limitations, and I doubt they can be as vicious about moving things as they were in movies like Poltergeist
@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
1 Aug 08
Well I guess you're right. The thing it is thought of as being evil is because it frightens people to their wits. That is why they are thought to be evil. I think most ghost are just lost souls who could not accept their state and does not want to crossover to their place and decided to stay in here. That is why Ghosts are usually either angry, sad and confused, that is why at many times they hurt or frighten us unintentionally.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
1 Aug 08
Yes, people are frightened when they come across a ghost, anything we cannot explain is scary
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
1 Aug 08
Dear friend, I had heard of ghost stories and movies and some incidences in that I never heard in real incidence that ghosts has killed any other than in stories and movies and even in stories and movies I had known that there are good ghosts too. Hence I feel all ghosts are not evil and I also doubt that whether they exists as there is no reasons to believe that they do not exists as from those incidences I had heard.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
1 Aug 08
Ghost stories and suc the ghosts should not be too friendly otherwise they wouldn't be scary
@littleowl (7157)
2 Aug 08
I don't believe that ghosts are evil there are some negative spirits who find it hard to move on because of an accediient and their life is shorten so they find it hard to go the light..there are some who don't want to leave the earthly plane and stay..more often than not then and will claim the home they 'haunt' as theirs eg their home and therefore scare those who live there afterwards. I have my family who are in spirit and a couple who used to live here before they make me laugh at time by once one of them blew the kettle up so I had to get a new one,another time time all the lightbulbs blew up hence the following day I got some new ones put them in and that night they all blew so had to go and get some more the following day-boy was I mad with whoever kept doing it!!-after that things started to quieten down not much but they weren't that bad..now we all live quite happily but if one them get out of order I definitley tell them off!! littleowl
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
2 Aug 08
Hey, if they get out of line, they deserve to be told off!
• United States
7 Aug 08
i think that maybe people just area more apt to remembering the negative ghosts.. i have seen a lot of ghost and the ones that stand out where the bad ones so i guess maybe that is why.. that and tv making them out to being bad
• United States
7 Aug 08
at least nothing interesting lol.. i mean there are a lot of things on tv where it turns out the ghost wasnt trying to scare them but trying to solve issues etc but what gets people to start watching are the scenes that are scary
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
7 Aug 08
I suppose it's just too hard for television and movies to make a story up with a nice ghost
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@sweetie1026 (1718)
• Philippines
23 Aug 08
I am not sure about that. All i know is that what ever is doing those whistles here in our place has done only that. But i do not wish to see or feel anything more than that. I haven't really seen a ghost and i don't intend to.
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
23 Aug 08
Nothing wrong with a little whistling You don't want to see one? Why not?
• Philippines
23 Aug 08
I don't think i can handle it if i see one. So, i'd rather that, whoever whistles just keep whistling and nothing more.