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Originally Posted by Radical  You claim my skeptism is "unhealthy", but I believe showing blind faith in something is alot unhealthier! |
Where are we telling you to have blind faith in what we say? We have consistently told you to FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF. We are not saying to blindly believe us. I agree that blind faith can be dangerous.
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Originally Posted by Radical You also claim people have already undergone many of these tests. Then why have we not heard about the results? |
Because you haven't searched for them.
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Originally Posted by Radical Stop bashing people who prefer to use their common sense instead of foolhardily accepting convictions without empirical evidence to back them up. |
Again: we are not asking you to "foolhardily accept convictions without empirical evidence". We are telling you this:
We have experienced a lot of strange stuff. A lot of us have personally done tests to prove these experiences to ourselves. We realize that our own personal proof has no value to you. We realize that anything we can type has no value to you. We realize that it's healthy for you to doubt what we say....
However - we are also saying that
if you want proof, if you want to investigate this fairly, then the only thing that will satisfy your obsessive skepticism is to SEE IT FOR YOURSELF, which would require you to TRY SOME THINGS. Trying some things doesn't require you to blindly believe. Now, myself personally, I don't think you're searching for proof. I don't think you're searching for evidence. Which is why you won't try anything out for yourself. You are searching for ways to label us as delusional to perpetuate your obsessive skepticism. Which makes this conversation mostly a waste of time. But it is fun :-).
What we are suggesting is not unhealthy. We are not demanding that you believe us blindly. We are simply replying to your post - you came here, challenging us for proof, and telling us that we're delusional. We are not on a James Randi's message board. You came to us. Our reply is: we can't give you any proof, if you want to find out for yourself, then you'll have to invest some personal time into seeing it for yourself.
Again, I'm sorry if I come off as rude. If you still think I'm suggesting you believe or do something unhealthy, then please re-read what I've said. My suggestions are rooted in healthy skepticism. I'm also sorry if I've grouped others in with myself who don't want to be :-P. I tend to use "we" and "us" more than "I" and "my" :-P.
~Sean