Does believing in the Holy Ghost count? If so yes I do.
The Holy Ghost is not a ghost in the traditional sense. The terminology derives from Old English gast, meaning spirit. It manifested as a literal and physical dove at the baptizing of Jesus, which indicates to me that it is not a ghost, an apparition that appears and is the remnant of an earthly thing. The Holy Ghost isn't earthly at all but is a manifestation and a part of God.
That's at least what I remember from Catholic school...could be wrong.
The Anglophone Catholic Church uses the term Holy Ghost in English, but in Spanish it's Espiritu Santo--Holy Spirit, etymologically closer to Spiritus Sanctus in Latin.
This has a different connotation than fantasma, which is closer to specter than an entity of God.
In my opinion, the English version of Holy Spirit/Ghost is a bit deficient. I remember when I was little they had to literally teach us that the Holy Ghost is not a ghost that comes and haunts you. There's not a similar problem in Spanish. Maybe someone who reads and speaks Latin can shed some light on the connotations in that language.
The Holy Ghost is not a ghost in the traditional sense. The terminology derives from Old English gast, meaning spirit. It manifested as a literal and physical dove at the baptizing of Jesus, which indicates to me that it is not a ghost, an apparition that appears and is the remnant of an earthly thing. The Holy Ghost isn't earthly at all but is a manifestation and a part of God.
That's at least what I remember from Catholic school...could be wrong.
Well, "ghost" comes from the word "gast." Both mean spirit.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ghost
The Anglophone Catholic Church uses the term Holy Ghost in English, but in Spanish it's Espiritu Santo--Holy Spirit, etymologically closer to Spiritus Sanctus in Latin.
This has a different connotation than fantasma, which is closer to specter than an entity of God.
In my opinion, the English version of Holy Spirit/Ghost is a bit deficient. I remember when I was little they had to literally teach us that the Holy Ghost is not a ghost that comes and haunts you. There's not a similar problem in Spanish. Maybe someone who reads and speaks Latin can shed some light on the connotations in that language.