Spirits On Trial

(Note: this is all based off of a pamphlet written by Ben Williams)
In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, "it appeared that some people had evil spirits possessing them." Many people were killed because they looked different or weren't like everyone else, because it was believed that these people were possessed. During those five moths, 20 people were executed for "witchcraft." Were they really possessed? You are soon to find out.
This is kind of a big thing. Some of you won't agree with all of this, and will try your hardest to come up with the perfect argument. Well, there is no perfect argument. It won't do you or me any good, so just read on. I'm not saying 'don't argue', I'm saying,'keep in mind that it probably won't do us any good.' and 'there is no perfect argument'. I know you won't agree (some of you), but this is about what I believe, so here you go.
"Try the Spirits"
1 John 4:1
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world."
This means that we should test the things that our teachers, (prophets) and preachers teach us.
We must test the word "Spirit".
Spirit and ghost
The word "ghost" comes from the old German word "giest". The dictionary gives this description for the word ghost:
"... the disembodied spirit of a dead person imagined as wandering among, or haunting, living persons..."
When you were younger, weren't you scared of the unknown? You thought that there was something there coming after you, and you called it a ghost. It really wasn't there, but you thought it was. This is what you imagine when you think of ghost. An invisible being floating around haunting people. It's known as a 'dead person who really isn't dead'.
Now we look at the word Spirit. Let's test what our preachers taught us. Let's make a good judgment and look at things for ourselves.
The meaning of the word "spirit"
The English word "spirit" is translated from the Hebrew Old Testament word "Ruwach" (roo'akh). Also, the Greek New Scriptures, the word is "Pneuma" (pa-nyew'-mah). Both of these mean "Air in motion". Air in motion causes things to move, and think about it, what causes US to move? A wind that drives us to move, that would be our spirit. Yes, not a 'ghost' inside of us that will live when we die, but our spirit. e.g. the spirit of fear, the spirit truth, spirit of God, humble spirit, spirit of grace...
So do you believe in ghosts?
If you do, then re-explain what it is that I just said.
'Wind in motion'. You can't see that, only what it does. You can't see our spirits, only what they do.
Man kind have wild imaginations. If there is something unknown, we tend to let our minds wander. We come up with crazy stuff. Like ghosts... (want to know more, read about it yourself)
Things that we can't see, things like gravity, electricity, all makes us wander. We can't see wind, does this mean that it's a "ghost?" "A person who is dead, but not really dead?"

Conclusion:
No ghosts, your spirit is what drives you to do things, not a floating thing that haunts people.
The holy spirit is God's tool to motivate and drive you to do good. You pray "Lord, bring 'so-and-so' your holy spirit" Do you know what you're asking when you say that? Well, maybe now you do.

Ben Williams wrote about all this is his pamphlet "Spirits on Trail" (which this is based off of), if you want to know more, then you can get one of those pamphlets. Question everything that your preachers tell you, you don't know where they learned that. It' s much easier to just listen and believe everything, but is that what God wants?
Comments welcome. So go ahead, start arguing.

Jo