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Speak Out: Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Fearful of things that go bump in the night? Do ghosts exist? Do modern-day witches have magical powers? What's your opinion?
Nearly half the more than 1,000 people responding to a Scripps-Howard News Service and Ohio University poll believe in ghosts -- and more than 25 percent think witches have strange powers.
But film director Roger Corman, most known for his low-budget monster films, says it's just a sign that we're now more open to alternative beliefs. And Cynthia Freeland, a philosophy professor at the University of Houston, says fascination with horror flicks and the occult is a substitute for spirituality by those who no longer practice traditional religion.
Do you believe in the supernatural -- ghosts and goblins -- or is it just a sign of the Halloween haunting times?
Speak Out on the ThirdAge Opinion Page.
Nearly half the more than 1,000 people responding to a Scripps-Howard News Service and Ohio University poll believe in ghosts -- and more than 25 percent think witches have strange powers.
But film director Roger Corman, most known for his low-budget monster films, says it's just a sign that we're now more open to alternative beliefs. And Cynthia Freeland, a philosophy professor at the University of Houston, says fascination with horror flicks and the occult is a substitute for spirituality by those who no longer practice traditional religion.
Do you believe in the supernatural -- ghosts and goblins -- or is it just a sign of the Halloween haunting times?
Speak Out on the ThirdAge Opinion Page.
