Discussion Do you believe in the paranormal?

[FireCat]

Well, do you believe in paranormal phenomena of any type? Spirits, Ghosts, Creepy demons, etc?
Does it really exists? Or is this Just a bunch of bullshit?

So whats your thoughts?

 

[Ioannes]

James Randi says nope

 

[sqrage]

No. I'm a materialist

 

[DDRtists]

No, I do not. I personally feel that everything related to ghosts and paranormal stuff relating to them is all completely mental. People psych themselves out so much at the idea of ghosts, that they constantly believe they're having ghost-related events, but they are not. If you psych yourself out enough, your brain will tell you that you hear/feel ghosts. It's completely possible, just humans don't use their brains enough normally to harness it normally.

The mind is a very powerful thing, you'd be surprised what it can do...

 

[FireCat]

Although I'm an atheist, But there are certainly some things out there You can't explain it.

The mind is a very powerful thing, you'd be surprised what it can do...

If a invisible force would throw things at you, but there's nobody there
or simple open your door when it close and lock. such a thing.
You can't say it's your mind that cause those things to happens. Right?

Don't you belive that "paranormal phenomena" have strange ways to get our attention? LOL

Btw: what you say about aliens out there?

 

[DDRtists]

If a invisible force would throw things at you, but there's nobody there
or simple open your door when it close and lock. such a thing.
You can't say it's your mind that cause those things to happens. Right?

No... but those are unrealistic things. I'm talking realistic things that are actually possible, without the use of drugs. Like how if someone is sick or thinks they're sick, a doctor can give a placebo (fake) pill and tell them it's medication, and because the person believes it to be a real pill and doesn't know otherwise, your body will actually put more focus on healing that part of your body and getting better, because in your mind you think it was real and you're putting less stress on it subconsciously. This doesn't work with everything, and I'm not trying to say it does, but there are many things that people are given placebos for and it actually helps them, through the use of mental trickery. Lol

Btw: what you say about aliens out there?

Aliens? Yeah.
Aliens like you're thinking, that look like people and what not? I'm sure somewhere there may be, if the universe is really "endless".

But I'm talking aliens, as in just a general lifeform of any sort, plant, animal, anything. Theres got to be at least one other plant or something somewhere else, you can't tell me something is "endless" and we're it.

 

[FireCat]

No... but those are unrealistic things.

"No, It Isn't" In this case. Tell me how can that be unrealistic things? There's not even drugs involved they didn't get any placebo drugs to trick you mind. That a door would slam shut behind you or front of you. eh?

 

[sqrage]

If a invisible force would throw things at you, but there's nobody there
or simple open your door when it close and lock. such a thing.
You can't say it's your mind that cause those things to happens. Right?

You said it yourself that hallucinogens can cause you to see things that aren't there. All those drugs do is create chemical imbalances in your brain, these imbalances can arise in other ways too, thereby creating the illusion of what you think are paranormal sightings.

 

[FireCat]

No I didn't
I meant you can't close a door with your mind.

 

[DDRtists]

No I didn't
I meant you can't close a door with your mind.

I think we've established this, not really sure where you're going with this.
Closing a door with your mind is not possible, no.

 

[Romek]

This should explain a few things.

 

[Vellu]

I'm an atheist from head to toes, but I think there is something that overcomes science.

 

[FireCat]

This should explain a few things.

This is the proof! Ghosts really do exist! Thanks, Romek!

Just Poor cat, has to live with complete hmm "fake ???"

 

[DDRtists]

This is the proof! Ghosts really do exist! Thanks, Romek!

Just Poor cat, has to live with complete hmm "fake ???"

Ghosts don't exist. Prove me wrong.

I'm not denying the idea there are other...things?...here. However, I am denying the act of "ghosts" the way people make them out to be. I don't feel that there are some paranormal beings that just go around and fuck with people and things all day like people seem to make "ghosts" out to be. I am open to the idea of something like some kind of energy existing in a "afterlife", something as complex as the human body can't just go out 100% upon death, even plants and other objects are put to use in other ways after death.

This isn't my standpoint on this, just an idea that I'm open to.

 

[FireCat]

Ghosts don't exist. Prove me wrong.

Well, I think they are paranormal Proof of something exists. Can anyone disprove it?

"Ghosts" I'll believe it when i see it! "Maybe"

 

[Samael88]

I have had my share of dreams that later turned out to be predictions of the future, I have even aced some tests because of them. They are mostly because of my surroundings where to predictive back then.
A couple of weeks ago I had on for real though, there has been 3 occurrences from that dream that I could not possibly predict because I knew to much. They even involved three people I had never even met when I had the dream.

I have experienced way to much in life to be able to rule anything out at all in the paranormal category.

Ghosts don't exist. Prove me wrong.

To me they do. Not in a I have a ghost that is haunting me way though, it is more of a I have memories/"ghosts" from my past that keep haunting me and will for the rest of my life.

 

[azareus]

I get a deja vu approx. 3 times a week.
You will be surprised of what the brain can do.
Who are we to say that everyone but that "psychotic" homeless man is the insane ones?
What if we are all insane?
Can you prove that I am not dead, and you are all imagining this?
I think not.

 

[Romek]

> What if we are all insane?
Then nobody's insane.

> Can you prove that I am not dead, and you are all imagining this?
Even if that was the case, our understanding of what 'dead' or 'alive' means is relative to what's around us. If you're moving or breathing, you're alive. Nobody cares otherwise.
For all we know, we could be in some Matrix-thing, and when we die some random glass tube in an alternate dimension explodes, lights up, and some crap pours out... However likely that is though, I'm not going to start substituting "My grandma died" with "My grandmas alternate dimension glass just popped and exploded, and her crap poured out".

 

[Zakyath]

Well, I think they are paranormal Proof of something exists. Can anyone disprove it?

You can't argue like that. If we've got no reason (proof) to believe in something, we shouldn't. It's hard to disprove something that doesn't exist, especially something such as ghosts.

 

[DDRtists]

Well, I think they are paranormal Proof of something exists. Can anyone disprove it?

"Ghosts" I'll believe it when i see it! "Maybe"

You can't disprove something that you can't prove ever existed in the first place. So the door moved, prove to me that it wasn't the wind. Prove to me that it wasn't because the door hinges aren't straight. I personally feel that "paranormal ghosts" as people know them are peoples ways of making "fun" out of coincidence.