Why do you people use the term ghost?
now when a person dies and their SOUL leaves their body, their is no transformation of the spirit into another entity. they are still of a spiritual nature, the term ghost is a dysphemism. Now the phrase talk $h*# get hit is very readily referred to where i am from, and i wouldn't try to start anything with another worldly being if i was you
But for real i really understand we try to leave religious connotations out of here because it is a scientific section. however we need to differentiate that just because religion coined the term doesn't mean that things of a spiritual nature need to be associated with contemporary belief structures, for it is a part of daily life and should be acknowledged as such.
good answer clay. but unicorn my point was that regardless of the textbook definition the term ghost has negativity with a lot of people and in society means evil.