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October 11, 2015 at 3:40 pm
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(October 11, 2015 at 3:14 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Hmm... what's your god's name? Schlomo?
i just choose to call God God i suppose if i lived in another culture i might choose another name
(October 11, 2015 at 3:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Umm...snow? Seriously?
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yep
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October 11, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Did you take a picture? Did anyone corroborate that saw what you saw?
My first instinct, if I see something that seems to defy the laws of physics, is to grab someone else and get them to tell me what they see. Barring that, I have an 18 MegaPixel camera in my pocket at all times.
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October 11, 2015 at 3:51 pm
Hiyas.
I believe in religion but not gods. I have too much evidence for the former, none at all for the latter.
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October 11, 2015 at 3:52 pm
(October 11, 2015 at 3:35 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: (October 11, 2015 at 3:12 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Welcome Jenny.
Tell us about your experience 9 years ago.
earlier in the day i witnessed a strange sight in my yard and discovered that it was snow that was falling on one side of my yard and not snowing on the other side in a straight line and i noticed after staring at it for some time that not 1 flake passed across the line that went straight down my yard and continued down my neighbors yard , so that scared me because it wasnt natural or made sense since there was not complete absence of moving air and so flakes of snow should have randomly passed over the line though did not , so that observation was more alarming than the line itself . so i was really scared and believed for several hours that it was some kind of man made disaster but then later i became convinced it was God because i started having new thoughts that i didnt recognize and inspiration that i recognized as very different than my own thoughts and a feeling of certainty that it was from God although i didnt consider the possibility that it was from God the came into my mind and i just had a feeling of being very sure without a doubt without considering it . if that makes sense lol and no i wasnt smoking anything when this happened .
You do know that there is always an edge to where it is snowing, as otherwise it would have to be snowing all around the world everywhere at the same time?
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October 11, 2015 at 4:02 pm
(October 11, 2015 at 3:48 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Did you take a picture? Did anyone corroborate that saw what you saw?
My first instinct, if I see something that seems to defy the laws of physics, is to grab someone else and get them to tell me what they see. Barring that, I have an 18 MegaPixel camera in my pocket at all times.
if you really seen something that defied the laws of physics i think you would be shocked and scared although all people are different and react differently to things during the time it was happening i thought it was a man made environmental disaster thats what i immediately assumed , i went inside my house and everytime i tried to go back to the spot i couldnt go back to it or go past my porch because i was overcome with emotion every time i tried although i couldnt understand why .
however even if i did take a picture who on earth would believe in God because of a picture?
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October 11, 2015 at 4:07 pm
September 27, 1972? 
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October 11, 2015 at 4:10 pm
(October 11, 2015 at 3:52 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: (October 11, 2015 at 3:35 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: earlier in the day i witnessed a strange sight in my yard and discovered that it was snow that was falling on one side of my yard and not snowing on the other side in a straight line and i noticed after staring at it for some time that not 1 flake passed across the line that went straight down my yard and continued down my neighbors yard , so that scared me because it wasnt natural or made sense since there was not complete absence of moving air and so flakes of snow should have randomly passed over the line though did not , so that observation was more alarming than the line itself . so i was really scared and believed for several hours that it was some kind of man made disaster but then later i became convinced it was God because i started having new thoughts that i didnt recognize and inspiration that i recognized as very different than my own thoughts and a feeling of certainty that it was from God although i didnt consider the possibility that it was from God the came into my mind and i just had a feeling of being very sure without a doubt without considering it . if that makes sense lol and no i wasnt smoking anything when this happened .
You do know that there is always an edge to where it is snowing, as otherwise it would have to be snowing all around the world everywhere at the same time?
the edge wouldnt be in a perfectly straight line between heavy snowfall and then absolutely no snow , and some snowflakes would naturally blow across unless there was complete absence of wind which there wasnt . however that alone did not convince me i was convinced later that day with inspiration that i knew was not from my own mind thats what convinced me .
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October 11, 2015 at 4:14 pm
(October 11, 2015 at 4:02 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: if you really seen something that defied the laws of physics i think you would be shocked and scared although all people are different and react differently to things during the time it was happening i thought it was a man made environmental disaster thats what i immediately assumed , i went inside my house and everytime i tried to go back to the spot i couldnt go back to it or go past my porch because i was overcome with emotion every time i tried although i couldnt understand why .
however even if i did take a picture who on earth would believe in God because of a picture?
You'll notice that I said "seemed" to defy the laws of physics. I find it hard to believe that a person can be so emotional that they cannot move towards some snow based on the fact that there is a demarcation line, but that's just me.
The picture would be a piece of evidence that might help someone explain what happened---not to convince us that your story is true.
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October 11, 2015 at 4:19 pm
(October 11, 2015 at 4:14 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: (October 11, 2015 at 4:02 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: if you really seen something that defied the laws of physics i think you would be shocked and scared although all people are different and react differently to things during the time it was happening i thought it was a man made environmental disaster thats what i immediately assumed , i went inside my house and everytime i tried to go back to the spot i couldnt go back to it or go past my porch because i was overcome with emotion every time i tried although i couldnt understand why .
however even if i did take a picture who on earth would believe in God because of a picture?
You'll notice that I said "seemed" to defy the laws of physics. I find it hard to believe that a person can be so emotional that they cannot move towards some snow based on the fact that there is a demarcation line, but that's just me.
The picture would be a piece of evidence that might help someone explain what happened---not to convince us that your story is true.
yes i thought it was strange too that i could not go back to the spot and became so emotional when i tried to do that . and yes i wish i was expecting it and had a camera ready and took it outside with me when i went outside . hindsight is 20/20
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October 11, 2015 at 4:32 pm
(October 11, 2015 at 3:35 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: (October 11, 2015 at 3:12 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Welcome Jenny.
Tell us about your experience 9 years ago.
earlier in the day i witnessed a strange sight in my yard and discovered that it was snow that was falling on one side of my yard and not snowing on the other side in a straight line and i noticed after staring at it for some time that not 1 flake passed across the line that went straight down my yard and continued down my neighbors yard , so that scared me because it wasnt natural or made sense since there was not complete absence of moving air and so flakes of snow should have randomly passed over the line though did not , so that observation was more alarming than the line itself . so i was really scared and believed for several hours that it was some kind of man made disaster but then later i became convinced it was God because i started having new thoughts that i didnt recognize and inspiration that i recognized as very different than my own thoughts and a feeling of certainty that it was from God although i didnt consider the possibility that it was from God the came into my mind and i just had a feeling of being very sure without a doubt without considering it . if that makes sense lol and no i wasnt smoking anything when this happened . When I was a child going on holiday to Devon we drove into a massive downpour that was so straight down that for a moment the front of the car was in a terrific downpour and the back of the car was completely dry. It was the very edge of heavy rainfall. It was unexpected enough for me to still remember it but also a perfectly normal aspect of weather, I never thought it was anything else.
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