i didnt say i know all the answers, just expressing my thoughts lol you do make a good point of souls on earth though.
and about ghosts not being real, let me tell you a little story that happend to me about 2-3 yrs ago:
i was staying with my grandparents at the time (was living there for about a year or so when this happend).
One morning, i felt something/someone climb on my bed but i always locked my door at nights (it was an old door, and the only way to close it was by locking it), so i slowly opened up my eyes and i saw this woman (beautiful woman!!) in a white & pink Victorian gown, leaning over me with puzzled eyes ..as if to say "Who are you??"
of course, i freaked the fuck out, screamed at the top of my lungs, she looked so damn real, i thought she was REALLY there! after i stopped screaming, she was gone. vanished. disappeared.
so, i got out of bed, went downstairs and started makin some coffee. told my grandmother (that i woke up from my screaming) what happened, she told me shes seen the ghost before as well, but its been awhile since she has seen her. (probably why the ghost looked at me in the "who are you?" kinda way, last time she was there, i wasnt living there.)
anyways, i tried to find out how old her house was (i knew it was really old, but was curious if it could have been in the Victorian time period). The house was built in 1870. The Victorian time period was between 1837 -1901.
Definatly makes a person think.
