I can totally understand liking or preferring proof, scientific curiosity and all.
It seems like some people here demand and require proof, as if it's something that is owed to them. Now, Steve started his blog, in part, to explore extraordinary experiences and find his own evidence and then to report what he found. He never promised anybody a traditional scientific approach.
I find that true for most of the people here who want to talk about their whoo-whooo experiences -- they're excited about exploring and finding their own proof, such as it is, but it's rare to see someone insist that you believe it, too. Maybe it sounds like they are when they say, "well, you just have to experience it to believe it," but really I think that's just their way of saying, "if you want evidence or proof, go explore it on your own!" But for the proof demanders, that just seems to rile you up even more!
Some of you seem to feel oppressed or irritated by folks asserting their whoo-whoo experiences -- why? You can explore it for yourself if you're interested, or ignore it if you're not, but why would you feel that anyone owes you evidence or proof? They're not intervening in your life, except for possibly asking that you don't ridicule or bully them. They're not (generally) insisting that you adopt their beliefs as your own. Even the ones who are intervening, how well does the "you owe me proof" work in that situation, anyway? Couldn't you simply say, "I'll believe what you say when I see convincing evidence for it; meanwhile please stop intervening in my life."?
You can demand proof all until you're blue in the face, and you'll just end up with a blue face. If you are so intent on finding proof one way or the other, why not just go do your research?  |