Why do you people use the term ghost?

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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.

Clay · Accepted Answer

How I see it is a spirit is just a pure soul whos body has died and they are in a, "in between" state. I see ghosts as souls who's bodies have died in a way where they are trapped in memories and cannot escape, or do not know how. Some may be more powerful, and some can even be seen, depending on how much power and emotion they have in connection to something.

Kate · Answer

Well I may be wrong but i think it goes like this.

Ghost: Visible spirit.
Demon: Evil spirit.
Poltergeist: Spirit that interacts with furniture and stuff.

Anonymous · Answer

Because that is what the word ghost means.

ghost
   

noun 
1. 
the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.

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Why do you people use the term ghost?

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