I am a huge sceptic.
I don’t believe in God, astrology, numerology, clairvoyancy, chinese star signs or that the CIA blew up the Twin Towers.
I went through a process of youthful catholic indoctrination only to turn around and go; "Are you kidding me? A talking snake, a virgin birth, only a man can tell me how to pray, this wafer makes me a cannibal and I’m a vampire drinking blood? Ahh I’ll take my chances with this so called devil thanks all the same."
I don’t believe that the fact I was born on February 10th (I like flowers and vouchers for Diva accessories) means I have "… a sustained hatred for enemies that is capable of enlarging itself into a misanthropy toward the whole of mankind." (http://www.astrology-online.com/aquarius.htm) Though I would concur that... "They are nearly always intelligent, concise, clear and logical."
(Sidebar, actually the character description was freakishly accurate….this means nothing, I refuse to believe it….. "and a tendency to be extremely dogmatic in their opinions." Bah humbug.)
I don’t believe that I’m a reincarnated cricket on my way to Nirvana, that Krishna purifies my body if I wear basil on my toes, that I have to pray to Tom Cruise to E-meter my Thetans nor that I have to sacrifice my neighbour on a pyramid to make the sun come up.
And I do not believe in ghosts.
My performance venue in Edinburgh in 2004 was supposedly haunted. There was sometimes detritus left behind in the night but that was usually more to do with Tenants Super and a disregard for private property than ectoplasm and Patrick Swayze fondling a potting wheel.
BUT a slew of celebrities have ghost stories to be viewed on Vibe. Despite my disbelief I think it should pretty entertaining to watch Joan Rivers approach a voodoo expert to help quell an angry ghost, (probably that of her original face that died years ago), and David Carradine talking about dead people considering he’s one now himself.
Now if only we could ask him if ghosts exist. Still I wouldn’t believe him anyways.
Bah Humbug.