It would be better if you gave us examples. Based on that one can decide on the probable answers. It's not that they have to make it up, they could also be deluding themselves. |
|
How do you explain the paranormal? |
|
The starz...
The planets...
The intricate and dynamic machinery of nature...
Are you saying,
that all of this was created,
BY A MONKEY??????
It would be better if you gave us examples. Based on that one can decide on the probable answers. It's not that they have to make it up, they could also be deluding themselves. |
|
After I'd make sure it's true. I'd go and win the Randi challenge. About my world view changing... I wouldn't think anything extra about reality, since I guess there wouldn't be anything new revealed to explain this mutual dreaming. I guess I'd try to figure out how two brains can create identical thoughts in two different places. |
|
There are more than 6 billion people on this planet. It is not unlikely at all, that some of them will make something up, just go gain attention/create a delusion for themselves. Additionally, it is not unlikely that some of them have some really bizzare hallucinations. |
|
Last edited by Marvo; 11-07-2009 at 09:40 PM.
---------
Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
---------
What does this have to do with spirituality? Does spirituality depend on something happening in the physical world? |
|
Previously PhilosopherStoned
Firstly, it's not up for anyone to "explain" the paranormal other than the people making the claim; they're the ones who have to provide evidence. I haven't seen a single case where this evidence is good and stands up. |
|
I just wanted to say that coming here, and experiencing life like lucid dreams, my perspective came out to be very different |
|
I've had some freaky paranormal stuff happen to me, at the time i believed in it, but later on as i knew more about things i started calling them rationally. Anyway, i am agnostic, but people keep looking at me as a blind believer because i am not 100% on their side and i still look into some of these things wanting to believe, or not ruling it out (there is no justice...). |
|
Last edited by LucidFlanders; 11-08-2009 at 08:03 AM.
I live in Portugal and I can say that religion is very strong here, specially among the older generations. It doesn't surprise me much that when thousands of people expecting a miracle look directly at the sun and see it dancing. |
|
- Are you an idiot?
- No sir, I'm a dreamer.
Not quite sure if unconventional flying objects classify as paranormal, but I've |
|
I'm not saying certain people didn't have experiences, I'm simply stating that the explanations given (UFOs, spirits, whatever) can be attributed to a combination of factors. |
|
Last edited by Photolysis; 11-08-2009 at 04:00 PM.
First, you're confusing spirituality and paranormal bullshit. I consider myself spiritual in a lot of was, but I don't beleive or disbeleive in ghosts or shared dreaming or any of that. I just accept that it's not worth considering until it's proven to at least be plausible. Its not like religion, its probably nonsense, but belief in these things I dont see as detrimental to the health of society and our state as a spieces. I simply see no reason to believe these things without some sort of evidence. |
|
"...You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world..." - Terence McKenna
Previously known as imran_p
Okay I got the question wrong but you know what I mean. An atheist or naturalist who took the paranormal seriously would have to rely on faith or belief in some 'magical' entity or otherworld to explain what had happened. Or at least that thoughts can fly. What is spirituality if not how people can connect with each other? It's not spiritual just to know your own self, it's spiritual to apply it and empathise it. This is why I had assumed that the paranormal indicated spirituality, because they play on a higher subjective world, not a different objective world. |
|
The starz...
The planets...
The intricate and dynamic machinery of nature...
Are you saying,
that all of this was created,
BY A MONKEY??????
Some paranormal events are either gross misinterpretations of understood phenomona, or true experiences of phenomona that's currently poorly understood. |
|
Last edited by mini0991; 11-13-2009 at 12:27 AM.
About miracles. |
|
Bookmarks