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George Aar

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  1. And, oh yeah, I'm not thoroughly convinced that SITing is anything more than a parlor trick (even though I did it for fifteen years). Wasn't I supposed to get all "spiritual" if I did that a lot? THAT never happened. Another exercise in mental masterbation if you ask me, but then, what do I know? geo.
  2. Dot, Re your comment: "But let us get rid of disbelief for a moment." Whoooooooooa! That's the critical difference, I think, betweeen a skeptic and, well someone who's maybe just a little too credulous. We shouldn't be out looking for new stuff to immediately believe in. One surely can consider a multitude of things, but keep some sort of filter in place so you don't spend your life chasing rainbows (or auras, or gurus, or psychics, or whatever). If an idea passes the basic filter (or "sniff" test as some characterize it) i.e. does it conform with the known laws of physics, not totally beyond the realm of possibility, and is there solid, reproducible evidence of it's veracity THEN you could spend some time looking over the evidence. If the evidence is credible THEN maybe start getting exorcised about the greatness of the idea. What happens all too often (and accounts for a great many of us spending waaaay too much of our lives in Wayworld) is that we jump to the "believing" part of the exercise way before we have any proof whatsoever. I don't choose to make that mistake EVER again. And it is a mistake, of that I AM certain. geo.
  3. Dot, You seem to have quite a number of interests in things of a paranormal nature. For an alternate explanation for just about any paranormal event you've ever heard of maybe you should take a look at: http://skepdic.com/contents.html#A Just click on the first letter of whatever event you'd like to read about ("A" for alien abduction, "K" for Kirlian photography, etc.) and then scroll through the list to see if your topic is mentioned. It's not quite as entertaining as some sites dedictated to paranormal goings-on, but I think a little more grounded in reality. geo.
  4. O.K., so we have this reeeeeeally smart bunch of aliens who're flying billions of miles across the universe at something in excess of light speed navigating through asteroid belts, magnetic fields, radiation belts and who knows what all else, only to crash into a telephone pole here on earth - Doh! Or maybe they just ran out of fuel ("Captain, the dilithium crystals wunt take eet!"), or Bubba and Joe - Bob mistook their craft for game and shot 'em down wiffen their .410, "It shore looked like a possum to me!" Joe - Bob was reported to say. Yes, people claim to have seen, and subsequently believe in, a lot of things. Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, cold-fusion, even ancient tales from the Bible. The only problem comes when you try to find any independant, verifiable, corroborating evidence. That stuff is mighty hard to come by. geo.
  5. But of course, STAR WARS was the "most devilish" movie ever made (up until that time I assume) per the esteemed MOG and generally great man of our time, VPW. geo.
  6. You think I'm getting old, imagine being born in 1950? Happy Birthday Suzie, you're not getting older, yada, yada,.... Love georgiesan geo.
  7. There's been a horrible mistake someplace. I don't know ANYONE that old, certainly not moi! geo. (who's still a kid, REALLY)
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