Originally posted by Jake EllisonOne of my former colleagues actually wrote a graduate thesis on the role of sleep apnea in the experiences of those who claim to have been abducted by extraterrestrials or to have been visited by angels/demons.
Remember not to look for the least obvious explaination. Often the cause of something will be rational.
Just as an example (not saying you have this):
Hypnagogic Hallucination:
These hallucinations occur just before falling asleep and affect a surprising number of people in the population. The hallucinations can last from seconds to minutes, a ...[text shortened]...
(From Wikipedia, sourced from http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/121/10/1819)
While sleeping, you stop breathing temporarily, and the oxygen deprivation leads to perceptual weirdness.
Originally posted by Jake Ellisonit makes no difference to me whether it was a hallucination or not, i could care less whether ghosts exist
I don't normally quote myself but...
'These hallucinations occur just before falling asleep and affect a surprising number of people in the population.'
Originally posted by EcstremeVenomSo your saying you think you might believe in something supernatural, because you've had experiences that may be hallucinations or may be real. But you don't actually care which it is, as far as your concerned, God can exist if he wants to but he better leave you alone?
it makes no difference to me whether it was a hallucination or not, i could care less whether ghosts exist
Originally posted by Jake Ellisonyeah.
So your saying you think you might believe in something supernatural, because you've had experiences that may be hallucinations or may be real. But you don't actually care which it is, as far as your concerned, God can exist if he wants to but he better leave you alone?
Originally posted by KellyJayIts not really like that at all. How many people do you know that have died in white-orb-hovering-ubove-their-bed related accidents?
Is that like saying I see a car getting ready to hit me at 60 miles
an hour, it may be real or not, but I don't care enough to worry about
what getting hit by it will do to me?
Kelly
Originally posted by Jake EllisonMy interest was perked with him agreeing with this statement,
Its not really like that at all. How many people do you know that have died in white-orb-hovering-ubove-their-bed related accidents?
"But you don't actually care which it is, as far as your concerned, God can exist if he wants to but he better leave you alone?"
That seemed to me a little on the playing with fire not caring if it would
or could burn you and everything around you.
Kelly
Originally posted by EcstremeVenomWhy ask if He does not exist? If He does exist is just asking enough?
you have to ask for forgiveness, which i do, but that doesn't mean i know he exists or that it matters if he exists
How do you know such things? It seems like you are just attempting to
hedge your bets, trying to do just enough, just incase.
Kelly