Would you do it?

[The Crimson Universe]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

 

[viole]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

Easy answer. Yes. Of course.

Ciao

- viole

 

[Rival]

Yeah.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

Depends on what the alternative would be if I chose not to. I'd rather be in a haunted house than some places, such as a very busy store during a huge sale, but would rather probably stay home than go to a haunted house.

 

[ChristineM]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

Free room and board, why not?

I have stayed on one or few "supposed" haunted castles in my time. My conclusion, its a marketing ploy to draw in gullible customers. Would i turn into a believer? Nope, i would assume whatever it was i couldn't explain was because i didn't have the data to explain it.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

What would run through my head is something like "I don't know what happened."

For me to conclude ghosts, I would need "ghosts" to be the rational explanation: I would have to have good reason to believe that ghosts did whatever it is they supposedly do (which would mean I'd have to have good reason to believe that they exist at all). "Ghosts" isn't some sort of default answer that we should jump to if we don't have a real answer.

 

[Altfish]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

Yes, I'd happily spend a night in a haunted house.

I live in a house that makes noises in the night. I've stayed in 'spooky' hotels and guest houses.
Houses creek, pipes bang, foxes scream, mice run in floor/roof spaces.

If I couldn't explain the noise, I'd just think 'There is a natural explanation, I just don't know what it is"

It certainly would not turn me into a believer

 

[Unveiled Artist]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

I was too young but our old house was haunted. She talks with some of the spirits and still sees them today. Her, her former husband, real estate lady, coworkers, and friend. She's not a believer.

I believe I encountered spirits before and about 11 years ago. I'm not a believer either.

I don't see not being a believer (in god?) means you're not a believer in other spiritual things. I was never introduced to God so no means to connect my experiences to it.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

I would easily do this. In walking through the man-made/setup "haunted houses" that open up around Halloween time here in the U.S., I find myself simply unable to be frightened, knowing that the people who are running it can't/won't hurt me. There is simply nothing to be afraid of. I'll walk into mist after supposedly "frightening" figures, wag my finger and someone wielding a plastic knife, etc. There is simply nothing there.

And when I watch ghost movies, I am constantly rooting for the protagonist to run up to the "ghost" and give it a nice stiff punch in the nose. "Get over there and see what that thing is made of!" I keep telling the screen. I can't help but think that is exactly what I would do if I saw some sort of apparition. Run right up to it and test its mettle. Ghosts are probably lucky they haven't appeared to me. I simply wouldn't put up with their shenanigans.

 

[Nakosis]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

Yes, I would love to.

No I would face and challenge my fears.
Even as a young kid, I had this idea that if I left an arm or a leg hanging off the edge of the bed the monster under the bed would reach up and grab it.
Fear pissed me off. I didn't like fear controlling my choices. So one night, I crawled under the bed and slept there.

I lost all fear of this "monster under the bed" after that. Fear to me was always the bigger enemy than what might be causing.
Maybe not the best way to go about life but that's where I am.

 

[ChristineM]

I've posted this s couple of times before. I see no reason not to post it again here.

I know a guy, he is an actor. He is atheist but he had a strong belief in ghosts.

His agent phoned with a job to go on one of the ghost hunt type of programmes. He was overjoyed, he regularly watched the programme. To be in the program with genuine ghost and chances are he would actually see one was just fantastic for him.

He arrived at the set, an old castle with a reputation for being haunted. Almost beside himself with anticipation he introduced himself and picked up his script, sat down and started learning his lines, not so many so no problems. When he realised that the ghost was also scripted to appear at the end of a corridor and my friend was supposed to gasp in shock he put down the script and walked out

His belief in the supernatural shattered by reality

 

[George-ananda]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

I am already a certain believer in the paranormal and that wouldn't change no matter what did or didn't occur to me in that haunted house.

But for fun and curiosity, I would do it!

Edit: But then again perhaps I should be more reticent because I believe you can also attract something negative that can stay with you.

 

[The Crimson Universe]

I've posted this s couple of times before. I see no reason not to post it again here.

I know a guy, he is an actor. He is atheist but he had a strong belief in ghosts.

His agent phoned with a job to go on one of the ghost hunt type of programmes. He was overjoyed, he regularly watched the programme. To be in the program with genuine ghost and chances are he would actually see one was just fantastic for him.

He arrived at the set, an old castle with a reputation for being haunted. Almost beside himself with anticipation he introduced himself and picked up his script, sat down and started learning his lines, not so many so no problems. When he realised that the ghost was also scripted to appear at the end of a corridor and my friend was supposed to gasp in shock he put down the script and walked out

His belief in the supernatural shattered by reality

I've seen you post this before. Feel bad for the guy who was expecting something genuine. This is the problem with all those reality ghost hunting type shows. They're mostly scripted. This is the reason why i don't watch them. But i do believe that there exists real ghosts.

 

[Lain]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

All in my opinion: it depends on what it's haunted by. If it's infested by demons I would not go. If it is a ghost which is an image left over by some powerful emotional event, then I'd probably go. If it's a ghost which is a soul from purgatory then I'd go and try to get an autograph for the Purgatory Museum at the Vatican. If it is one of the subtle rational creatures which dwell on the Earth with us I'd go with friends because God knows what it might do. If it's just a spooky place with nothing really happening in it then I'd try to find out why and probably visit it just to take pictures. There are other possibilities also probably.

 

[sun rise]

Edit: But then again perhaps I should be more reticent because I believe you can also attract something negative that can stay with you.

I had such an experience while on a trip to Italy. I went through a castle one day that was reputed to be haunted. I did not give any thought to that reputation assuming it to be hooey.

That night I had a "hyper real" nightmare that I was being attacked by a spirit that I managed to repel.

Whether that experience was real or the product of my imagination is not important to me. I would not chance that kind of experience again either way.

 

[The Crimson Universe]

That night I had a "hyper real" nightmare that I was being attacked by a spirit that I managed to repel.

How did you manage to drive it away?
Can you please share.
In our last house i've felt a lot of weird things and the moment i used to chant Lord Krishna's name, the attacks used to stop.

 

[Nimos]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

Wouldn't have an issue with that, I would probably be scared if there were weird noises etc. But I highly doubt that it would convince me unless the ghost was staring directly into my face and I could examine it.

But most likely I would expect the house to be rigged one way or another.

 

[sun rise]

How did you manage to drive it away?
Can you please share.
In our last house i've felt a lot of weird things and the moment i used to chant Lord Krishna's name, the attacks used to stop.

My whole being invoked Meher Baba's name while I was holding an archetypal cross (not a Christian cross). It was close to what Jung thought of. C.G. Jung: "The Cross has always meant mana or lifepower." - Jung Currents I don’t why it is perceived in such a form; I only know that the cross has always meant mana or life power.

This is a movie analogy of the internal forces I invoked in that moment:

 

[stvdv]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

Yes. I love to test my believes, rather snow than tomorrow. So God please send me some ghosts tonight (Deo Volente)

I don't believe in "haunted" by ghost stuff

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

I would say "God you got me almost there"

 

[Heyo]

If you get a chance to spend a night in a haunted house, would you do it?

Been there, done that, no ghosts showed up. A ghost believing friend commented: "Your aura of scepticism is so strong that it drives them away."
Yep, I'm not afraid of ghosts, ghosts are afraid of me.

And this goes to the non-believers:
If you actually see or hear something that you fail to explain rationally, what kind of thought would actually run through your head at that very moment? Would you turn into a believer?

There are a lot of phenomena I can't explain ad hoc. That doesn't lead me to jump to conclusions.