Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Whether the contact is correct or not is up to individual people to decide but, up until the EU decided otherwise, Parliament acknowledged that spirit communication does exist and most (all?) religions believe in an afterlife. The police have in the past used mediums to try and garner information.

I believe as i've seen/heard spirits for donkeys years, but accept it sounds so out of this world (because it is) so as to be preposterous, so it's understandable to be sceptical. It's also healthy to be so because some things can be explained and some people lie or are mistaken for various reasons.

About 50% of people believe in the afterlife as opposed to the other half who don't. Interestingly some who have encountered spirits don't believe in them, whilst some who haven't done do believe in them returning on visitation.