AFTERLIFE, XYZ

[Fidel_Castronaut]

No, the only reactions testimonies of supernatural encounters get from me are a raised eyebrow or a polite nod. I believe that people making these sort of claims are confused or mistaken. Also....people lie sometimes.
I wouldn't bother trying to personally verify and test their claims by the standards of reality.

I think that you're being biased as to whom you will believe or not. I'm trying to imagine how many intelligent and responsible people are lying about experiencing the supernatural, especially when so many of them believe it's a sin to lie. It would also be hard to be mistaken about these type of encounters. According to your statement, it seems you dismiss these claims out of hand because you've already decided they're not true. I've tried to keep an open mind, and I have changed my opinions on some things since I joined this forum. I believe it's good to keep an open mind and not let your biases cloud you opinions.

Problem is, claims on the supernatural are always the same stupid and naff reasoning with no evidence. If it had ever been different people wouldn't dismiss them out of hand.

Some schmuck comes up to you after a loved one passes away saying they can talk to them through the power of a life crystal and you die a little inside yourself at both the audacity and stupidity of such a thing (not to mention the nefarious conman angle). To me (and probably Thena) claims about Jesus or Allah are held with just the same contempt. It's all nonsense until proven otherwise. Just because you guys believe it to be true doesn't mean it is. Just because someone has experienced the 'supernatural' (which btw sort of contradicts the notion of it therefore being supernatural) doesn't mean it's suddenly a 'thing'.

Case in point, someone tries to tell you that energy crystals are a thing and you can get in touch with your spirit guide by using them, you gonna take that seriously? Shit would you Lek, and ain't nobody here gonna disagree with you if you didn't.

And this doesn't even go into the problem of these people being vultures for praying on people when they are most vulnerable. Clairvoyants/psychics/priests/imams and all the other charlatans trying to sell you a product of bereavement counciling. It's just sick.