On Discover Channel's "A Haunting", why are the families that are haunted are always Christians? :-?

I didn't see the show, but perhaps some ghosts look for people who will think of them as demons, and then act accordingly; or

Perhaps some ghosts are so confused that when somebody calls one a demon, they believe it; or

Perhaps some unfriendly spirits don't like Christians; or

Because some Christians believe in demons they make a big deal of a spirit that comes along while other people don't; or

You get what you look for, and if you believe in demons too strongly, your own mind will create one; or

A mixture of the above.


Inventech5 wrote on Jan 26^th, 2009 at 5:09pm:

On Discover Channel's "A Haunting", why are the families that are haunted are always Christians? :-?

Because some Christians believe in demons they make a big deal of a spirit that comes along while other people don't;

I'm guessing this is a big one.  When I first decided to move my kid's bedroom upstairs, it was still an attic with a ladder, no lights...very spooky.  I hauled myself up through the hole in the floor, and was almost immediately the recipient of a big "Poltergeist" style bombardment with "Get out!" (not out loud, but very clear in my head) and just general purpose threatening feelings.

Me and the spook (who we later found out was named Ted - a grumpy old dude and kind of a perv, but basically harmless) had a little discussion (okay, I talked, he sulked) on the subject of how this was my house now, he could stay if he behaved, and don't start with me when I've had a hard day.

He wasn't a demon or even a bad ghost, really - but if I'd been scared, I might never have gone up there again, or worse, I would have gone up there while scared, and fed him.  So Mr. Ted would have gone down in history as a bad ghost, or even a demon, instead of sort of an ectoplasmic PITA but  basically harmless.

At the time there was also the spirit of a very timid elderly lady here who actually warned my daughter about Ted - apparently she (the ghost) was scared of him!  Which probably gave him a big head, which probably contributed to his thinking he could scare me off.  

What makes you think they are all Christians?  I have seen every episode and I don't recall they make it a point to say this about every family.  

So Cricket, did Ted just leave you alone from then on, or what else happened with him?

Ted hung around and pestered off and on for a number of years...my kid had a boyfriend that he especially liked to bug.  (Kid was raised very strict Southern Baptist, *and* he had quite an ability to sense/communicate with spirits - a bad combination).

After John died I didn't see any signs of Ted - I think John didn't want him hanging around me, all the "spooks" seem to have departed (except John, of course).