My beliefs on ghosts are based on my own experiences and research. My first encounter with a ghost was a few days after my grandfather passed away. I was in my room and I saw him faintly in the corner. Now that may not sound convincing enough but my next encounter may freak you out. I was over at one of my friend’s house when I was younger for a sleepover. Later that …show more content…
Now my beliefs are partly based on my experiences while the other part of them are research. I think I’ve made it obvious I believe ghosts are real. There are tons of other people who also believe in them and they have had their own experiences. Although science does not prove their existence to be real, there is too much evidence not to make you question the ideas of ghost truly existing.
There are many religions that believe in the idea of ghost and even mentions ghosts in the significant books of their religion. In the bible, the word ghost is mentioned one hundred and eight times. It may not mention it as an disembodied spirit, it is used as describing the dead in some way. In Indian culture the Mahabharata mentions Aswathama, a god in Indian religion. Many people have claimed that they have seen him as alive or even as a ghost. In Indian culture there is also the belief that reincarnation is part of the afterlife. The belief is said to be when one person dies, depending on how their character was while in that life, they would become a spirit and travel into other living things for a new life. Some even believe that a spirit will get lost on the way to their new life and become a ghost wandering around. There is even the belief that those ghosts become demons and posses people so they can feel alive