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Do you believe in the supernatural? Poll


Matt H

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bigcol, that course does sound pretty interesting. I share your views about this: I'm skeptical about most "supernatural" things and look for normal explanations. I also think all mediums are frauds.

 

I remember reading Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers book when I was younger (the title sounds cheesy now!). In the preface, I'll paraphrase him thus: "50% of the material in this book is either a scam or some other illusion. Unfortunately I can't tell you which 50%." This is my thoughts, but we could up up that figure to much nearer 100%.

 

Some "supernatural" events (Victorian era usually) seem like blatant scams from the outset: probably with our greater understanding of science and worldly knowledge, we can see through them easier than the Victorians were able to do. For example, the ""fairies in the bottom of the garden" photos, ectoplasm (yes!) coming out of a medium's nose, etc.

 

It's the other examples that are harder to reveal as frauds that are more interesting. If there's nothing in it, at the very least the investigators are advancing fraud detection techniques.

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Stuff :)

 

The thing that annoys me about mediums, well, not really annoys, but anyway its the way everything is all lovely and nice in their afterworld. The story about the two gay chaps there for example. Wouldn't it have been far more believable if the medium had told him his mum was disgusted with him and she'd raised him to be a good boy and now god has told her he will burn in hell for being gay.

In the rubbish mags my wife sometimes buys there are "medium" pages and its all "I never got to tell him how much I loved him" and so forth. I'd just love to read "Well, he always hated you, and says you'll never find the secret money now"

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I believe (not in ghosts) but then again I'm a religious nutjob

 

If you're willing to believe in certain things that don't exist, how can you disregard others? Seems a bit hypocritical to me.

 

Unless it's not, then I'm buggered!

 

I bet you're hoping it's 'not' then, hey :D

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What are you talking about? I said I believe in what others regard as supernatural.

 

You said "I believe (not in ghosts) but then again I'm a religious nutjob".

 

Pretty explanatory to me?! You're selective of which supernatural things to believe in. No?

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You said "I believe (not in ghosts) but then again I'm a religious nutjob".

 

Pretty explanatory to me?! You're selective of which supernatural things to believe in. No?

 

Where's the logic in that? I believe in certain unseen "supernatural" things so I HAVE to believe in ghosts?

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You said "I believe (not in ghosts) but then again I'm a religious nutjob".

 

Pretty explanatory to me?! You're selective of which supernatural things to believe in. No?

 

Sounds fair to me, I like ready salted crisps but not salt and vinegar, what's the difference?

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