If ghosts are real then religion is real and I can't have that.
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If ghosts are real then religion is real and I can't have that.
Religions are quite real, just not the deities they worship. But then again, just as with ghosts or whatnot, you cannot know for a fact either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by McLovin'
As for paranormal activities, yes and no. While I do believe that other forms of life could exist in other parts of the universe or even this galaxy or even another plane of existence/dimension, I don't see how we'd be able to make any sort of contact with a being like that, at least not with the current level of technology. Or maybe our minds haven't evolved to the point where we can perceive such 'otherworldly' phenomena, as we use less than 10% of our brain capacity on average.
I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls my destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tavrobel
I believe that everything could be possible and could exist until I can absolutely prove that they could not. However, I choose not to believe in such things. In my opinion, ghosts cannot exist. We are completely physical beings; there is no mind or soul or whatever. Therefore ghosts are an impossibility to me. Having said that, I may be wrong, and as such I do not deny the existence of ghosts etc. completely, only in my opinion. If I met a ghost under reasonable conditions and circumstances, then I would have to do some re-evaluation of my philosophical beliefs.
I choose not to believe in any afterlife in any way. Even if I were a dualist, I would still not believe in an afterlife. The idea of any afterlife is horrific to me. I can't wait to die. I like the idea of death. An official end. I don't like cliffhangers that aren't eventually...uncliffhanged (I really wish I wouldn't keep forgetting vocab :(). Of course, I could once again be wrong. Only one way to find out really. I don't disregard or dislike any other views of the afterlife for this reason.
Regarding alien life: anybody who doesn't "believe" in aliens needs to be shot in the face by bears wielding guns that shoot tigers covered in razor blades. Don't be so ridiculously naive. Whether or not aliens have visited Earth is a different thing. They may have without my knowing (I don't think it's wrong to assume that any lifeform that can reach Earth is exceptionally more technologically advanced than us, and can probably hang around us unnoticed), but I doubt it.
@The Space Pope: The 10% thing is a myth.
ROFL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Parker
Please tell me you were being sarcastic. We do, in fact, use 100% of our brains. Also "haven't evolved" seems to imply the standard misconception that evolution is some sort of linear development from "worse" to "better"/"higher," when in fact it's not, but more of a simple reaction to random mutations combined with variable natural pressures.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Space Pope
Yeah I wanted to try my hand at sounding like a philosophical wikipedia douche, glad you picked up on it. I was taking a cue from a certain few people ITT ;o
Honestly speaking I think heaven, ghosts, whatever are all crap. But I really do believe in the possibility of extraterrestrial life, but not in the "LOL CONSPIRACY" way.
check out the villisca murder house there's tons of stories about that place
what happened there is disturbing enough
8 people killed 6 were kids
Honestly the pictures on that site look like things people are specifically looking for. "Look there is a strange shaped shadow here. oooh myyyy"
Which reminds me, the power of suggestion is a very well-known psychological phenomenon (the same psychological principle which gives us the placebo effect). When you think something is there, your brain starts looking for reasons to justify it. Your brain can even make you sick if think you are strong enough; it can obviously make you see or hear things -- and if you actually do see or hear something, you'll think it's exclusively caused by what you want to be there.
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Originally Posted by McLovin'
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Originally Posted by Raistlin
orbs can be explained as dust shadow can be a play of light i understand that but how can there be so many testimonys and there be nothing happening i plan to go there myself and personally find out if its just a cheap trick. i belive orbs are just bull:skull::skull::skull::skull:.
shadows can be explained as people playing a trick or a play of light.
people see what they want to see. i'm going to try and disprove everything people saw and if i can't well who knows everyone has a place in there area that is said to be haunted.
i pointed out villisca because its in my area. if people see what they want to see ya your going to find "evidence". people go into investigations looking for ghosts. they need to find a way to explain it instead of writing it up to the paranormal.
ur probably just as skeptical as i am. but if something happens and you cant explain it. what would u say to other people? would you pretend it did'nt happen? would you try to explain it? what would you do?
If something happened that I couldn't explain I would say just that: something happened that I can't explain. Just because I can't (at the moment) explain something does not rationally justify leaping to conclusions which themselves have no rational basis. There have been plenty of occurrences of sounds I couldn't identify or strange lights or things turning up somewhere when I could've sworn I left them someplace else. I just shrug and move on. It's far more likely I'm remembering wrong or my eyes or ears are tricking me than any supernatural explanation.
Hell, even assuming some supernatural explanation, ghosts are no more likely in that instance than fairies or leprechauns or demons or witches or invisible unicorns. Somehow ghosts seem more likely to people, but it's only because of the number of people who believe in ghosts; there is still no substantive evidence for their existence, any more so than thousands of other baseless supernatural beings.
I still say there's a good basis for invisible unicorns.
You're also afraid of ladybugs.
Personally, Im open minded. I mean, sure lots of stuff of it is faked or it a natural cause, but theres that one or two pieces of evidence that keeps you guessing.
By the way, Most Haunted is doing their annual Halloween Live Events.