(November 9, 2017 at 11:30 am)Brian37 Wrote:(November 8, 2017 at 10:24 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Possessed is really good, by Thomas Allen. Its the true account of an exorcism case in St Louis back in the 50's. Though im sure you don't believe the "true" part. Great book nonetheless. Super creepy.
No it is not, a "true account". A real claim someone made, sure, but not evidence one bit.
Humans worldwide make claims of spirits and ghosts, but that does not mean those things are real. It means our species perception of reality is notoriously flawed.
History has proven that humans make false claims that are documented sure. If merely claiming something constituted truth then Vishnu would be real god. Asian spirits called "nats" would also be real. Funny how you don't believe in the evil spirits of other religions but buy the ones you've been sold.
It may be true someone made the claim of the account. And it may be true an event happened that caused someone to make the claim. But that does not mean ghosts or spirits exist. It just means people claim them because gap filling is easier than testing and falsification in a lab.
Sure ghosts and spirits exist in only your brain if you want to believe in them badly enough sure. Superstition is popular in our species.
Come on, get into the "spirit" of things.
Of course I don't believe in demonic possession or anything like that.
It doesn't stop me enjoying the stories, and a certain part of The Exorcist still freaks the hell out of me (figuratively speaking, of course).
And a really good ghost story or movie will make me turn on the lights when I go to bed instead of walking up a dark hallway to bed.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
