Perhaps the enemy of the Holy Spirit has sought to steer Christians away from an encounter with Him. Whatever the reason, the result has been a mediocrity in the church and an anemia in the saints. Whenever I first became a Christian, there were very few modern translations of the Scriptures. Like many of you, I grew up with the King James Version. There it talked about the Holy Ghost.
Ghosts are spooky, etherial, nebulous apparitions.
Perhaps some people believe the Holy Ghost is like that. Of course, a more appropriate translation is Spirit, not Ghost. Even so, we must remember that the Holy Spirit is a person. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. Father, Son, and Spirit are the triune God.