RE: Poltergeist
July 1, 2009 at 11:56 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2009 at 12:00 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
"Fuck ME! Did you see that Ethel? Grandpa's clock just fell right off the wall for NO REASON! What i could have caused it? I don't know,it MUST be ghosts. Noisy buggers aren't they."
OR
"Whats' that light in the sky,and that NOISE! Oh ,it just hit Ogg,he's gone all dead and kinda crispy.It MUST be an angry God"
Classic arguments from incredulity. What such people are actually saying ; "I'm too stupid,ignorant and unimaginative to think of anything else,and too arrogant or fearful to admit I don't know. So,I say God did it,or ghosts,or the fairies the bottom of the garden. "
Are there such things people call poltergeists? Probably,it seems fairly well documented and has been reported in many disparate cultures..
BUT: Such events DO NOT prove existence of ghost (being the spirit or soul of a deceased person) nor proof of the existence of psychic energy or sexual energy which can effect the physical world kinetically..(poltergeists are often associated with the presence of pubescent children)
It seems to me the phenomena could be used as sneaky way to slither into an argument for the existence of the divine. I'm not suggesting that's Dagda's intent,I think he's too direct,and not that devious. It's the kind of thing I would do.
OR
"Whats' that light in the sky,and that NOISE! Oh ,it just hit Ogg,he's gone all dead and kinda crispy.It MUST be an angry God"
Classic arguments from incredulity. What such people are actually saying ; "I'm too stupid,ignorant and unimaginative to think of anything else,and too arrogant or fearful to admit I don't know. So,I say God did it,or ghosts,or the fairies the bottom of the garden. "
Are there such things people call poltergeists? Probably,it seems fairly well documented and has been reported in many disparate cultures..
BUT: Such events DO NOT prove existence of ghost (being the spirit or soul of a deceased person) nor proof of the existence of psychic energy or sexual energy which can effect the physical world kinetically..(poltergeists are often associated with the presence of pubescent children)
It seems to me the phenomena could be used as sneaky way to slither into an argument for the existence of the divine. I'm not suggesting that's Dagda's intent,I think he's too direct,and not that devious. It's the kind of thing I would do.
