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Would you live in a former funeral home?

mpw said:
It was all just so American, it was hilarious.
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I've met many people from France that I don't consider rude. I've met people from Canada that I do consider rude. I know a guy from Texas that doesn't agree with the Second Amendment and hates beer. I know people in Tennessee that hate country music. I know a few New Yorkers that hate pizza. I know a guy in Italy that doesn't like pasta. I know a guy from Korea that is horrible at math.

I was born and raised in Georgia. Based on stereotypes you would believe that I say "ya'll", live in a house with wheels on it and spit tobacco out of my mouth along with a bunch of other Jeff Foxworthy stereotypes. If you met me you would probably have the same reaction as just about every other person I meet, "Where is your accent?" or "Where are you from originally?"

Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason, but there are exceptions to every rule. People in the US get a bad rap overseas sometimes just like people who live overseas can get a bad rap in the US. I've found that when I go somewhere I'm naturally drawn to enjoy everyone around me for their own personal charms or lack there of. I've also found that when I go someplace with a preconceived notion of those people my perception is tainted. Thus everyone in France is rude to me even when they are wishing me a wonderful day and people in Canada are overly hospitable even when they are trying to run me down with their car. The world and the people in it are what you make of it. If you want to believe something about someone and perceive them that way then that is the way they will be.
 
Well spoken OTD! (and where did I think this thread was going to go?!)
The inner grammar nazi in me twitches when I see "that" used when "who" should be. Sorry, just had to go there.
 
OfTheDamned said:
I've met many people from France that I don't consider rude. I've met people from Canada that I do consider rude. I know a guy from Texas that doesn't agree with the Second Amendment and hates beer. I know people in Tennessee that hate country music. I know a few New Yorkers that hate pizza. I know a guy in Italy that doesn't like pasta. I know a guy from Korea that is horrible at math.

I was born and raised in Georgia. Based on stereotypes you would believe that I say "ya'll", live in a house with wheels on it and spit tobacco out of my mouth along with a bunch of other Jeff Foxworthy stereotypes. If you met me you would probably have the same reaction as just about every other person I meet, "Where is your accent?" or "Where are you from originally?"

Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason, but there are exceptions to every rule. People in the US get a bad rap overseas sometimes just like people who live overseas can get a bad rap in the US. I've found that when I go somewhere I'm naturally drawn to enjoy everyone around me for their own personal charms or lack there of. I've also found that when I go someplace with a preconceived notion of those people my perception is tainted. Thus everyone in France is rude to me even when they are wishing me a wonderful day and people in Canada are overly hospitable even when they are trying to run me down with their car. The world and the people in it are what you make of it. If you want to believe something about someone and perceive them that way then that is the way they will be.
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I was born in MN, lived most of my life in NY-south (Florida in case you were wondering). And yet I WILL say Yall, and I DO talk with a southern accent (NOT from FL). And I LOVE grits and greens. (No my house doesn't have wheels on it... OTD, you know better, that is Alabama! :D;))

dreadnatty08 said:
Well spoken OTD! (and where did I think this thread was going to go?!)
The inner grammar nazi in me twitches when I see "that" used when "who" should be. Sorry, just had to go there.
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Ban him OTD :vroam: :D
 
dreadnatty08 said:
Well spoken OTD! (and where did I think this thread was going to go?!)
The inner grammar nazi in me twitches when I see "that" used when "who" should be. Sorry, just had to go there.
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I never said I didn't pick up any bad habits living there for so many years.:p

I actually noticed that I did that after posting, but figured I'd leave it.

dreadnatty08 said:
^ I already part vampire with how much Angel and Buffy I've watched so I don't think OTD would be able to take me down. :)
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Watching doesn't count for unlife experience.
 
i'd live in one no big deal. plus they say if haunted or whatever if you open up to that you'll let it in. if not it shouldn't bother you.

plus if you end up with one should feel lucky because people have been dying to get in there for years!!!!! lol.
 
i'm not a morbid person or anything (seriosuly...) but i just feel like dead flesh is dead flesh. once someone dies, their body is nothing more than meat. along those lines, see that picture of my daughter under my screen name? after her birth, i ate the placenta she was attached to. no joke. it was livery, and i dislike the taste of liver, so i didnt really like the placenta. i was warned, but gave it a try anyway. that being said, i'd have no problem living in a former or even in a current funeral home. let the dead bury the dead. selah.
 
OfTheDamned said:
Well, now I just hate them all for the whole garlic thing. ;)
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Ah the garlic is ok its the bathing part that makes me hate them. I mean c'mon ya gota bathe. Besides I know several vampires who love garlic. Being a frog I love garlic as well. however no amount of garlic will cover up a stinky person french or otherwise.

BTW I say Yall and I live in a house without wheels. I drive a Nissan Pickup Truck (97) I don't drink (since 98) I don't chew tobacco(nor have) and I don't smoke(since 2009) I have never lived on the northern side of the mason dixon line. I can not be labelled nor will I be.

Now as far as the op again my only concern would be knowing the truth about the place. I don't believe it would bother me and I do believe I would live there if the price was right however when your not looking for a place its easy to say that. I would have to walk in and see how it felt if I get the creeps then absolutely not if I don't then who knows.
 
Well, if it did turn out to be haunted, could I get Jennifer Love Hewitt to come over and save me lol?
 
I don't believe in ghosts at all. The evidence just isn't there IMO. Therefore there's no such things as haunted houses IMO.

That being said, I wouldn't live in an old funeral home. Dead people creep me out. I hate going to funerals.
 
mpw said:
I can no more believe in ghosts than I can in God, and living in a church wouldn't make me religious.
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I can't argue with you there. Religion, the paranormal, aliens, bigfoot, Loch Ness monster, the undead, etc. People's beliefs are based on experience. If you have not experienced anything in your life to make you a believer then it is understandable that you wouldn't. There are plenty of people that don't believe in things that that they can't see, feel, hear or touch.

As I said, I was a total skeptic and didn't believe in the paranormal in any way. After living in that house I tend to stand on the believer side of the line these days. Still, I hear ghost stories from some people and I say, "Yea, you're a crazy person." Others may view me the same way, but I know what I experienced.
 
mpw said:
It's funny how the experiences of all these people can never be supported with real evidence or proof, it's just belief... except those proven hoaxes of course!
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The earth being round couldn't be proven at one point either. Neither could the sun being the center of our solar system. At one point nobody believed in germs because they couldn't be seen.

Just because science can't explain it now doesn't really hold water. As a race, people are constantly learning new things and making new discoveries. Lack of proof today does not rule out somethings possibility.
 
OfTheDamned said:
The earth being round couldn't be proven at one point either. Neither could the sun being the center of our solar system. At one point nobody believed in germs because they couldn't be seen.

Just because science can't explain it now doesn't really hold water. As a race, people are constantly learning new things and making new discoveries. Lack of proof today does not rule out somethings possibility.
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Hmmmm good point that is how I seeing it!

There is a lot that cannot be explaining!

BUT...WHAT ABOUT...

Dare I say it?! :(:(:(

LA CHUPACARA??!?!

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mpw said:
But the early scientist proposing the earth to be round did so with theories that have proven to be right; it wasn't so much a lack of proof in the beginning, but a resistance to believe the evidence by people who had invested in their own unprovable theory, based on their made-up God/religion/HolyGhost.

What theory is proposed seriously for ghosts? Why do ghosts NEVER appear in any form or any time that allows their existence, or the evidence of their existence, to be indenpendntly corroborated?
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So, they proposed theories that were proven right after the fact. People reported seeing giant squid for more than a 200 years and the proof didn't come until the later half of the 20th century. Sometimes it takes time, the right discovery or just dumb luck for things to be proven. They are still discovering species of sharks that weren't known to exist. Science isn't always right even though some may think it is. There are plenty of things that are undocumented or undiscovered in this world. We don't even know what lies at the bottoms of our oceans. We don't know if we are alone in the universe. We still have no idea who killed Kennedy.

As far as science dealing with the paranormal, I have no idea. I don't keep up with anything like that. I'm not generally "in" to that sort of stuff. I've seen that Ghost Hunters show once or twice because my son likes it, but I didn't really pay attention.

The only thing I can say is that I know what happened to me and my girlfriend. I know what happened in that house. I know that I'm not a crazy person (my mother had me tested ;)) and I know what I was told after the fact. The evidence points to ghosts, spirits or whatever you choose to call it. It could have been rouge garden gnomes for all I know.
 
Problem with beliefs isn't with the one who does as much as the ones who don't. Everyone wants some kind of proof or your crazy, dellusional, or just plain silly. Why is it you will trust a chair to hold you without question yet can't believe in things that are not easily explained. Like OTD I know what I've seen with my own eyes, felt, heard,and lived through. I also believe in God. Why is simple, I choose to believe. In the end regardless of "proof" that is how our decisions are based. When people thought the world was flat you could have shown them a picture of the earth and they would say it was faked.
 
mpw said:
So what you're saying is that anything is possible. Okay, I guess there's no harm in people believing the world is flat, despite the obvious evidence to the contrary.
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Is there evidence to the contrary for ghosts? I understand what you are saying with regards to lacking proof, but I don't think anyone has ever presented evidence that they don't exist. Lack of proof is not proof of non-existence, is it? Or are you taking your science argument and throwing out the window?

mpw said:
You will of course concede that you can't know this to be fact, the best you can state is you believe it.;)
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Actually, I can prove that in writing. The comment about being tested was from Big Bang Theory, but to even enter the course of study that I am currently in I had to take 3 different psych tests and be evaluated by 3 different psychiatrists. The end result was in fact a clean bill of mental health.
 
OfTheDamned said:
The earth being round couldn't be proven at one point either. Neither could the sun being the center of our solar system. At one point nobody believed in germs because they couldn't be seen.

Just because science can't explain it now doesn't really hold water. As a race, people are constantly learning new things and making new discoveries. Lack of proof today does not rule out somethings possibility.
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Lack of proof doesn't disprove anything, but lack of plausibility puts a huge crimp in things. The earth being round was plausible to say the least. Ships sailing over the horizon appeared to dip below it. It was something that could've been tested easily at least in theory. You take a ship and you sail east and see if you end up where you started. May not be practical given the tech of the day, but at least a test could be hypothesized.

When it comes to ghosts, it's impossible to test. By definition a ghost is a supernatural entity. Therefore you can't test it and it is impossible to ever prove no matter how much science advances.
 
as science grows..and we find more and more.. more and more beliefs and theories change and develop.

at one point...everything was made of:
-- it was what you see..
-- air, water, fire, land...
-- elements
-- molecules..
-- atoms
-- quark ???
-- matter vs anti-matter ???

who is to say.. there is aint something else even more basic .. and even more basic than that??

as we learn more.. we have to adjust our thinking.



now lets talk about spiritual..
i believe in heaven and hell...
therefore.. i believe in God
.. i believe in angels
.. i believe life after death.. I refuse to believe we are just gone!
.. i believe in spirits
.. why cant there be ghosts?

but i am not so sure spirits can interact with our world.. also i can not say that i know anything about this..
 
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