According to a Pew Research Center Survey, 18% of U.S. adults have seen a ghost or sensed one. 29% say they’ve sensed someone they knew who had died.
This isn’t surprising to me. Based on my experience of researching and talking with people about the subjects, I suspect there could be more who are afraid to admit it, or simply brushed off their experience as imagination.
Skeptics immediately explain away ghost sightings and communication with the dead. It’s healthy to question the unknown, and sometimes their reasoning is valid, but too often they resort to attacks, like one person did in the comments section of the article linked above: “Am I the only one here who is alarmed by the fact that not only are so many Americans clearly delusional, but also freely willing to admit it?”
I have a lot of experience with rude skeptics, and it always amazes me that without ever having thoroughly explored the subject, therefore lacking an understanding of it, they’re quick to ridicule anyone who has a different opinion.
I used to attempt to have reasonable conversations with extreme skeptics, but I learned it’s pointless because they usually aren’t open to any evidence that would threaten their position.
But It doesn’t really matter if people believe in life after death or not, since we’ll all find out what actually happens soon enough.
Copyright © 2016 Stephen Petullo
