Paranormal experiences
Discussion
p1stonhead said:
Why not just go on the internet and read some fiction anywhere? Without proof that is all these stories are. Goosebumps is just as logical to want to read things like that...
Maybe they are. But the point of reading somebody else’s experience rather than something that has been written as fiction from the outset is it makes me think about the whys and the wherefores, what could have caused it, why did the door move? Was it a draft? if so what caused the draft? breaking it down into its basic elements.Ghost stories purely as a work of fiction (as they are written from the point of view that there is some sort of 'spirit entity' causing the goings on) don't really interest me as they offer nothing to analyse.
SpamCan said:
Maybe they are. But the point of reading somebody else’s experience rather than something that has been written as fiction from the outset is it makes me think about the whys and the wherefores, what could have caused it, why did the door move? Was it a draft? if so what caused the draft? breaking it down into its basic elements.
Ghost stories purely as a work of fiction (as they are written from the point of view that there is some sort of 'spirit entity' causing the goings on) don't really interest me as they offer nothing to analyse.
That's the thing. I tend to want to find explanations for events, I have an inquiring mind and wouldn't take things on faith alone. It's why i'm surprised that people would go straight from unexplained to spirit world.Ghost stories purely as a work of fiction (as they are written from the point of view that there is some sort of 'spirit entity' causing the goings on) don't really interest me as they offer nothing to analyse.
If I was alone in the house, and something I couldn't immediately explain my first reaction wouldn't be to attribute it to long dead relatives or something buried under the house.
It may be due to my upbringing, my parents weren't religious (my mother was very not religious) and I was always taught to think for myself and ask questions, rather that accepting 'just because'. I don't have anything in life that I would accept without reason because I've never had to.
For me it's the step between I dont know to supernatural that's interesting.
Edited by Speed addicted on Wednesday 7th December 16:39
V6Pushfit said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Contacted by who? Who contacted your friend to request their help in solving the case. A police force?
Kevin Wells. Hollys dadEdited by V6Pushfit on Wednesday 7th December 15:48
I'm not religious, in fact I'm really quite anti-religion, always have been. Religious education compulsory at school? No thanks, and I made my objections clear at the time, but I digress...
I've always been interested in the paranormal though. I was once told by a reborn Christian friend that I couldn't have one without the other, that it was the devil playing tricks. (He once collared another friend on Morrisons car park and told him the world was about to end, this was fifteen years ago).
Unperturbed, I still find it fascinating, the unknown that is.
I've always been interested in the paranormal though. I was once told by a reborn Christian friend that I couldn't have one without the other, that it was the devil playing tricks. (He once collared another friend on Morrisons car park and told him the world was about to end, this was fifteen years ago).
Unperturbed, I still find it fascinating, the unknown that is.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Well let's hope the "psychic" didn't go on to write a book about it, along the lines of "I am the Soham psychic", thus exploiting a tragic case for his own personal gain. Because then I think we'd all agree that his credibility would be shot to pieces.
He had the full backing of his Client who helped with the book. So there's another conspiracy theory shot to pieces.You really really don't have a clue do you.
Speed addicted said:
Given that the OP has been on here for 7 years and has over 30k posts I'd expect them to know exactly how a thread like this would go. Same as all the other ones!
If you just want to talk about one thing that's controversial without people questioning your views this is not the site for it. Same for keeping a thread on topic for more than one page.
Sadly, true I guess. I was hoping against type, but the usual suspects happened got it moved etc.If you just want to talk about one thing that's controversial without people questioning your views this is not the site for it. Same for keeping a thread on topic for more than one page.
Oh well we live and learn the next time I need to make some sense of something.
Edited by Halb on Wednesday 7th December 17:58
TwigtheWonderkid said:
People recounting unexplained experiences is fine.
But when people are saying " it's a spirit, that the logical conclusion", "science if just a matter of faith", "we all used to have psychic powers but have lost them as they were a regressive gene" and other total fking nonsense, then that st needs to be pulled up.
2 days solid on one thread arguing with nigh on every single post. I'd say there's one important question that does need to be asked? Have you left the house at all since Monday? But when people are saying " it's a spirit, that the logical conclusion", "science if just a matter of faith", "we all used to have psychic powers but have lost them as they were a regressive gene" and other total fking nonsense, then that st needs to be pulled up.
DanielSan said:
2 days solid on one thread arguing with nigh on every single post. I'd say there's one important question that does need to be asked? Have you left the house at all since Monday?
I think these people will continue to ridicule everyone until the mods get really annoyed & end up locking this thread! It's what they want after all & that is why they continue to repeat themselves over & over again! They can't possibly comprehend anything beyond their noses and will not be open to anything in life other than what they view as being "normal" They are probably the same people who decide to join a strike of some sort simply because they want attention!Derek Smith said:
I don't believe in ghosts or ghouls, although I'm open-minded about long leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. However . . .
I was around 21, stone cold sober. I was with my fiancee, later wife, at a friends' home. It was the top two floors of a large house in Lordship Lane, E. Dulwich. The house had been in the family since it had been built in the 30s.
I used to live on Lordship LaneI was around 21, stone cold sober. I was with my fiancee, later wife, at a friends' home. It was the top two floors of a large house in Lordship Lane, E. Dulwich. The house had been in the family since it had been built in the 30s.
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boobles said:
I think these people will continue to ridicule everyone until the mods get really annoyed & end up locking this thread! It's what they want after all & that is why they continue to repeat themselves over & over again! They can't possibly comprehend anything beyond their noses and will not be open to anything in life other than what they view as being "normal" They are probably the same people who decide to join a strike of some sort simply because they want attention!
Pathetic regurgitation of the same old arguments and repeating again and again so others don't contribute. There are people of all types on PH but it says it all when the main thread Twiglet has started is about his addiction to Coronation Street. Council.V6Pushfit said:
Pathetic regurgitation of the same old arguments and repeating again and again so others don't contribute. There are people of all types on PH but it says it all when the main thread Twiglet has started is about his addiction to Coronation Street. Council.
Not sure if you are agreeing with me or not? boobles said:
DanielSan said:
2 days solid on one thread arguing with nigh on every single post. I'd say there's one important question that does need to be asked? Have you left the house at all since Monday?
I think these people will continue to ridicule everyone until the mods get really annoyed & end up locking this thread! It's what they want after all & that is why they continue to repeat themselves over & over again! They can't possibly comprehend anything beyond their noses and will not be open to anything in life other than what they view as being "normal" They are probably the same people who decide to join a strike of some sort simply because they want attention!Baz Tench said:
p1stonhead said:
If I started a thread about the elves and fairies down the end of my garden would I deserve some pretty intense questioning?
No. I would say you'd be ignored.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff