Only if you can lower yourself to the American spelling.

@Sunishine How low can a man go? I shall grovel, and mutter "c" under my breath!

@Petter the sacrifices! You are noble, good sir.

@Sunishine I've joined. Now to convert the masses. Beware - and don't bother about "p"s and "q"s, mind your "c"s and "k"s!.

They are so fun to believe in. It is to let it go.

The odds are in favor of life out there somewhere. Maybe not intelligent life, but life none the less.

Hollywood aliens - NO!!! But alien life forms - YES!! That is scientific philosophy, not entertainment fantasy.

Visiting, abducting aliens?

How in the world did you luck into a job like that?!

@Sunishine I looked around online.Found a local group sent an email. I used to do tarot card readings, to show people how easy it could be to manipulate belief in these things. So we were all a group of skeptics who wanted to debunk maybe help a few scared people feel a little safer in their homes and we all got along. I wasn't really clear, it wasn't a job, more like a hobby. We didn't take payment from anyone...though people offered. We used to tell them that our payment was the information we gathered and science. We also always warned people to be careful for groups of investigators that do ask for payment because thats usually a sign of being scammed.

@Terrbeargraphix very cool.

I hear you.

I am more comfortable with the Skeptic label, because, to me, it covers more than just how I feel about theism.

@Donotbelieve Yet so many still do...

I don't know how many times I've had to endure listing to my inlaws dismiss their bad behavior (brother in law strangling his mother, drunken rants and domestic abuse, drug problems etc.) On their being possessed, refusing to take accountability for their actions. My all time favorite "witchery" and being cursed. I lost it one day after listening to one of them say about her sister in law "that woman did a love spell on my brother, shes a witch!" And I just said sarcastically "yes, because hes such a prize that no woman can resist! With all those glorious foodstamps! And hes just sooo good looking warts and all! Dont worry shell be done with him soon, shes saving all her powers to work her magic on Tony Romo, for that mansion and his millions(they thought he was the perfect man at that time)". Yes I always laugh and say it is funny how only Christians become possessed, one would think us atheists would be easy pickings for possession, us without all that holy protection!

I see you have a good understanding of Christian nonsense. Remember Flip Wilson's refrain ..."The Devil Made Me Do It""@Terrbeargraphix

I am curious. What makes you give credence to the possibility of ghosts, while dismissing things like angels?

@Sunishine A lot of it depends upon how "advanced" your idea of a ghost is. Is it just some sort of residual energy that hangs around but has no direct interaction with anybody? That doesn't even require a consciousness meaning a ghost would really just be like an imprinted memory, possibly attached to some object.
Really, my hypotheses about what could be behind ghosts (that is, whatever the entities people ghosts) all center around the presence of energy, particularly electricity since our brains are basically electricity. I think it's possible, although highly unlikely, that somehow electricity that represents a consciousness or event could be imprinted on something, similar to how magnetic tape is used to record analog audio & video.
But again, I'm a skeptic first and will happily debunk paranormal claims.
As to I don't believe in angels? They are too complex of a form of life, or whatever they are. It's one thing for me to around with the concepts of the scientific traits of electricity and say, stone or metal and extrapolate a possible event that while improbable could still occur. But for me to actually believe in a complex race of mystical, powerful creatures that reside in a place not of this world that have managed to go undetected for centuries, that's not little steps founded in anything remotely scientific or known.
Unless angels are actually aliens, but even that seems pretty ludicrous.
Basically, long story short, I can see some possible but improbable scientific explanations for something that could be called a ghost, but I find nothing to even start off with that let's me put angels in the realm of science outside of the neurons in the brain misfiring and causing folks to have delusions and hallucinations of things that aren't there.
Sorry for getting so wordy. Hopefully you actually read all this and even more, I hope it makes sense because sometimes I just go on and on in a stream of consciousness blathering...

@RottenArsenal I did read and understand it. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Good old Sagan.

Such a good book!

@skado It had a dramatic cover, too. The police officer who stopped us for speeding did a double take when he noticed it lying on the backseat.

Please note that in Carl Sagan’s last book he suggested that there might be something to telekinesis, and he recommended further study of that phenomenon.

True scientists have open minds and do not hesitate to explore new ideas, even when those ideas seem at odds with orthodoxy.

@WilliamFleming once something has been dis-proven ad nauseum, keeping an "open mind" to it is silly.

@WilliamFleming Absolutely!

That is terribly dismissive and patronizing.

Experiencing something that is supernatural beyond a shadow of a doubt would not make someone into a non-skeptic. Skepticism demands only the truth. If the supernatural weren't so dubious, skeptics would still be skeptical of all manner of other questionable claims.

@Donotbelieve good point.

@Sunishine boohoo. Just saying it as I see it. I am not a skeptic because of my experiences. If you can relate, great. If you can't, great. Still doesn't change my view.

@Sheitelhau Again, if you've had bonifide experiences, there is no "dubiousness" involved. You know what you know and others can either accept it, or they can kiss your ass. Either way, you would be no longer skeptical.

Your definition is dismissed.

@GuyKeith Oh, no! I'm crushed! Some guy I don't know dismissed me! How will I EVER get over it?

Which means everyone, since it's unreal!

@Clauddvon Try prayer.

@GuyKeith I'm trying to cut back. Thanks, though.

@Clauddvon No problem.