This house has been haunted by more than a fair share of morons!
PUBLIC OPINION > 60 Percent Believe in Haunted Houses
SodaHead Living
2012/03/07 14:00:00
Grammy-winning songstress Adele recently moved into an enormous £7 million mansion in Sussex, a rural county south of London. She was apparently very excited to move in, but the feeling moved from cheer to fear when she started hearing strange noises. We'll be the first to admit the story might be overblown, but sources are saying she thinks the place is haunted, and hired a full-time bodyguard to keep her safe. Because, you know, in England the best way to handle a ghost is with a sturdy truncheon. In light of Adele's spooky situation, we asked the public whether they believe houses can really be "haunted."
Sorry, Adele, but the results came back positive. Your house could very well be haunted. Many respondents had their own experiences to share, some casual and some downright unsettling. But we were almost giddy when we saw the demographic breakdown. There were differences everywhere -- big ones, too. So yes, three out of five believe in haunted houses, yadda yadda. Let's get to the breakdown.
An American Haunting
Though Adele is a Londoner herself, the vast majority of international voters (i.e. non-American) do not believe in haunted houses. It's tough to say exactly which countries were prone to believe, since a lot of the international votes were scattered in small amounts, but England is definitely not.
Ghostbusters
This one might explain why Adele was a little freaked out despite her nationality. Women are significantly more likely to believe in haunted houses. Of course, it is possible some men clicked "No" just to seem brave, but we'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
Agnostics Are Believers
When atheists and Christians strongly disagree on a topic, as they did here, agnostics tend to lean toward the atheist opinion. Because this question asked for a statement of belief, we assumed it would be the case. We were dead wrong. Agnostics were actually more likely to believe in haunted houses than Christians!
If you'd like to vote on this question, dig deeper into the demographics, or engage in existing discussion about the topic, visit our original poll about haunted houses. We'd love to hear from you!
Top Opinion
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JP 2012/03/07 19:23:11
The fact that people believe in this nonsense doesn't mean that it exists. Truth isn't an opinion poll.
The fact that the writer of this can't figure that out is an example of the inabilty to think logically that most people possess.
The fact that the compiler thinks that "agnostics" somehow constitute their own category also indicates a lack of knowledge. "Agnostic" modifies theism and atheism, it's not some "middle ground" between the two, because no such middle ground exists. If you don't believe in any gods, you're an atheist, whether you want to use that word or not.
It amuses me that agnostics believe in ghosts, but not a deity. The belief in an afterlife usually goes along with some belief in a deity, doesn't it?
It amuses me that agnostics believe in ghosts, but not a deity. The belief in an afterlife usually goes along with the belief in a deity, doesn't it?
It took me three tries to pass quantum mechanics.
I've not seen a ghost but have seen personal eveidence for life after death.
My general feeling is all the ghost stories people tell of, a couple of people I know as well, when added to my own experience convinces me.
To me this shows that for people the realities of physics, being beyond their normal experience, are less believable than life after death or haunted houses.
Having taken quantum mechanics I'm used to living with the reality of weirdness, including the concept of hauntings.
As to death and life, I go under the assumption that death is ruled by the mathmatics and forces of the three demesions we are familiar with. What goes on in our three dimensions is indepndent of any after life in the other 8.
Death is necessary for any life form to thrive here. If the old trees didn't die the young ones would have no sunlight to grow.
If a tree didn't die of old age it would eventually from a lighting strike, tornado, fire or what have you. Maybe a betle infestation or drought.
So even absent a gene programming the old tree for death, the other hazards demand the tree have the ability to reproduce.
In a forest of trees with no old age "death" gene you might have 50,000 year old trees. But if a new pine bark beetle appears then the slow reproducing "eternal youth" trees wouldn't be able to produce enough young saplings to have a random mutation appear that could resist the new pine bark beetle.
Ergo you need a genetically programed death gene to keep a rapid enough turn over and reproduction rate so as to allow enough young trees with random mutations to appear to handle any sudden new environtmental hazard.
Any way that's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
If you have a pure heart it cannot touch you; because it knows your heart and you are more powerful, and that you are in command and have spiritual dominion over the whole atmosphere of the supernatural plane.
Adele must find out something about the past residences that occupied the house she bought. She must find out if anyone died in the house. She must find out all this information before she can begin erradication(cleaning of house in her case).
I can list how to cleanse your place of supernatural occurances and take ownership of your space and boundary.