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A question on the existence of ghosts or lack thereof?

Explain to me this -- over 90% of ghosts have been

described in detail in various garb from formal attire

to vintage clothing...

this makes absolutely no sense in the fact that clothes

are material goods that have no soul ... no life of it's

own than just mere fabric

Clothing cannot live or die...

in an etheral plain clothing would

still be a solid object

and even the lightest of silk would

just fall to the ground

so explain to me how could a ghost wear clothes?

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Update:

Daniel -- I have seen the vids from the Maury show that most were already shown on youtube and proven to be fake-- the so-called vampire was also a two-bit actor on a "reality show" that was on the sci-fi network ...

I wasn't impressed

Update 2:

Franky -- your answer doesn't hold water {however entertaining it was}

Not accounting for cleanliness of the body or the clothing when being prepared for the funeral microorganisms do not just simply die when we die... on the contrary -- Microorganisms take over and help in the process of the deterioration of the

body... otherwise we all would look just the same now as the day we died

Update 3:

Crystal Clear and Lyprith --

What I am getting from the both of you is basically that clothing is what the ghost sees upon itself and an image that it projects on others ---

What you are both saying is that the clothing is an illusion and not there

so what that would mean is since the clothes are not there niether is the ghost

the ghost is not real but an illusion as well... it is what we WANT to see

Update 4:

The paranormal investigators like TAPS that you see on TV are not going to tell you that when they go to a location that they really do not see anything...

that is their livelihood....

If they said there were no ghosts to be found there would be no TV show -- no t-shirts - no fan club - and

NO PAYCHECK ....

Update 5:

I see no proof positive of any ghosts... so I leave this for you to decide...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It's what the soul sees itself in. When you close your eyes and picture yourself, i very much doubt you'd be naked. However the "ghost" appears is how they're expecting to be seen, like themselves. And in fact a greater number of ghosts don't even have a body to be seen, they make themselves felt or heard, or simply appear as a shadow of sorts. The clothing is not a corporeal thing, it's the same as the ghost, which is why when some ghosts are seen their "clothes are translucent. Ive heard reports of Ghosts appearing to be like any other person, to look like they have a physical body, i have yet to experience that for myself, but i keep an open mind.

  • 1 decade ago

    As it is - a ghost does not have a physical body either. Which is often why an apparition tends to be "see through".

    If a ghost manifests itself as a visual apparition, it is likely they are using an image of themselves from the past, something that would be familiar, so they would appear to be wearing clothes, either what they were wearing when they died or something that they would wear often when they were alive.

    If you look at a picture of a person, you see the clothes they are wearing - but the clothing isn't actually "in" the picture - it's just an image - a visual recreation of what one sees when they look at that person. Same with ghosts.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Look up the Maury show on the web(Paranormal Maury pt 1 of 5 ) and see for your self what freaked out some people on the show.

  • 1 decade ago

    As everyone knows there are thousand of microscopic organisms living on you and in your clothes. when you die they die do the the fact they need you for survival. so when the ghost is created the appearance of what looks like the clothes they were wearing are actually the millions of organisms that have died with you that were imbedded in the clothes.

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  • 1 decade ago

    yeah,.. i never thought of that,. and can u please question why their clothes are white??

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