for example, if you and your significant other fight, does any good ever come of it?
what about getting 'into it' with your teenagers; is that a good thing or a bad thing?.
does fighting ever yield a favorable outcome?.
I don't see the point in fighting. It's due to a lack of self-control, and nothing good can come from it.
When I get in a disagreement with someone which escallates to the point of fighting, I usually walk away until we can talk about things in a civil manner. When people start going at it they often say things which NEVER should have been said to the other party.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
I totally expect people to listen in disbelief. Hell, I would too if my family and I didn't experience very "strange" things from time to time.
Things got so strange at one point that my mother would not stay in the house by herself at night. How can a children's record player, that has to be MANUALLY turned on by a plastic, sliding switch, come on by itself in the middle of the night? And it started playing on my brother's 'Gremlins' story record when they were laughing.
Maybe my family has exceptionally strong brain waves. I'm not claiming that spirits are involved, but it seems that something is happening that cannot currently be explained.
I've heard people say, "Why would spirits do such trivial things that seem to serve no purpose?" I would say...to scare us? (if they are involved). Maybe they bust a celestial nut on that kind of crap, I don't know.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
Frog, I believe that the mind has more power than science can measure. Maybe these things DO happen through brain waves or some other physiological means.
How do Asian monks generate enough body heat to make steam come from their wet garments? How can some people create an electric current through their bodies powerful enough to knock someone on their ass and catch paper on fire?
If these events are real, then I see no reason why we can't do other extraordinary things through the power of suggestion.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
If you are unconsciously exaggerating this mundane fact, how can you or anyone trust that you aren't exaggerating your other more extraordinary claims?
My 'extraordinary claims' were witnessed by more than one person. If there are some form of spirits amongst us, they seem to be concentrated on certain people (my brother, for instance, has always had strange things happening to him). He's been present during every inexplicable event I've witnessed.
I definitey understand the stance of the hard-core skeptic who's never experienced anything like this...such people have no reason to believe, and that's OK. The thing that I find odd is that many hard-core skeptics seem to get an attitude when presented with 'extranatural' (patent pending) events as if they want to believe but are upset that these things happened to someone other than them.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
another thing you and your bro should try sonny, is haul the board out again, and try it blindfolded.
I've heard stories of people doing this (I think I've heard a couple on this board alone) with accurate results.
Either someone's lying or there's more to this than meets the eye.
I'm not sure if I'll be trying it again. I've seen to many inexplicable things to NOT believe to some extent.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
I saw that episode. In fact, I have it recorded. How do you get the idea that it didn't go off in all of the rooms? Nothing in the show suggested that.
Sorry if I didn't make my post more clear. I didn't mean this was demonstrated in that particular program (although it sounded like I did, maybe I did, but I digress), but I've seen many programs in which this test was applied and the readings did not always resgister in rooms that had electrical outlets/wiring. They also didn't register in the same room every time, which seems to indicated that the "presence", if there is a presence, may not be stationary. I'm trying to keep an unbiased view of things.
My point was that Bullshit is an extremely biased program. When Penn has something set in his mind, he does everything in his power to discredit anyone with an opposing view, and he doesn't always look at both sides of the coin. I'm still pissed about the episode on the ESA in which they showed no concern whatsoever for the preservation of our environment in general.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
The worst it can do is kill us. Then guess what, we get to be a ghost/spirit. Once we're there, why can't we find the spirit/demon that killed us and kick its ass in the spirit world?
LOL! I like your attitude.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
It has ably been demonstrated those electromagnetic detectors are picking up the electric wires, outlets, light fixtures, etc that are in the walls and ceilings of ALL houses.
You must be a Penn & Teller fan.
I saw that episode of Bullshit, but they never explained why it didn't go off in all the rooms, all of which had electrical outlets.
Speaking of P&T, their show is extremely biased on ALL subjects covered. I just watch it to see how outrageous they can get.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
Some say those electro magnetic devices go off in places that are supposed to be haunted. If they are detecting spirits (I'm not saying that's the case) then they could be measured.
how do so many people have similar experiences in "haunted" places if spirits didn't exist?
how do ouija boards work?
i recently purchased one and...i now know why so many people fear them.
My brother and I tried it out last night.
I asked if anyone was out there and nothing happened. We sat there motionless for about two minutes, waiting for a response. I then said, "Well f*ck you too" because I figured it was a bunch of BS, and the pointer started moving. It slowly spelled out, "Get the hell out of my house", and attempted to move to other letters. Right after that my brother ran to the bathroom and threw up, and I packed the board away.
I know I wasn't moving it, and as freaked out as my brother was I don't think he was moving it either. Maybe we were subconsciously, I don't know. The hair on my arms was standing up the entire time it was moving and I felt extremely hot....maybe I just had a bad case of the creeps, but I definitely didn't feel well. I was told that someone committed suicide in my house around 11 years ago which didn't make things any easier.
