(January 12, 2015 at 12:01 am)NuclearJaguar Wrote: I'd consider myself an atheist, I don't believe in God and I like to see evidence before I'll accept belief in anything, as most atheists would.
I have had a couple of experiences I can't really explain though, and it's strange to me. I've felt a hand on my shoulder once, I was about 14 years old at the time and it happened in the living room in my house. I'm pretty sure of what I felt, it felt like a hand and was there for about 3 seconds. When I described what I felt to my Mum, she said that my Dad had described exactly the same experience, and in the same part of the house.
On top of this, we regulary hear odd noises in our house. Strange creaks and taps that appear to have no explanation. It is most obvious when one of us is home alone, and we have no pets we could put it down to.
My Mum, who is a very loose non-practicing Christian and a very rational woman, also claims she had a very strange experience as a teen. She claims she was baby-sitting someone's children and had to stay the night at the house. After both she and the children went to bed, she heard all the furniture in the living room moving around. When she went down to investigate, the children were not there so it wasn't that they had come down, and the family dog was too small to make that kind of noise. The dog apparently was in a state of absolute terror as well. She took the dog back upstairs with her, and continued to hear noises throughout the night.
Is this rational for people with very little/no belief in God? I feel like atheists shouldn't believe in this stuff, but I honestly can't think of a better explanation for this shit other than it being paranormal.
1. the laws of the universe work the same way whether you personify them as God figure or you see the world as impersonal and one body of energy and laws
2. if you have a conditioned "rejection" of God or a "projection" of God, that is an issue of bias against people or groups you don't view as equal or fear don't include you equally. That is a separate issue of bias or preference, and has nothing to do with the ways of life and nature that go on regardless. This mainly affects your relations with other people if you let it be a problem. If you can forgive these differences, they can co-exist with no issues except what we make of them.
