What proof do skeptics want. Exactually how do you intend to weigh and measure a spirit or a premonition??

Question

Anomalous lights in the sky, mysterious creatures, angelic figures, strange subhumans, people have always seen funny things throughout the ages. In western culture apparitions and visions have become discredited. They are unpopular and outlawed by official agents in our cultures, science, churches, academia or the press, hower they continue to disconcert us' UFOs, Virgin Marys, phantom animals, aliens, spiritual encounter and so on are seen all over the world.

To the believer and skeptic how do you weigh and measure these encounters and why do you believe or disbelieve????

Answer 1

I tend to think skeptics aren't open minded and searching, or they are not ready to discover, or they are too distracted.
If they are genuinely searching for physical evidence of metaphysical then they are deluded and probably soap boxers.

I am open minded and searching and have found enough to satisfy myself. So your answer is a true skeptic will never be satisfied. If you want to find something stop looking for it, and look at everything - so the context and periphery can empower your awareness.

Answer 2

because of the fact lots of the flaws as you describe could require such an overturing of our information of the universe that they had require somewhat some evidence. Now our information of the universe is overturned somewhat plenty, yet not without stable clarification/theory and many evidence. Evolution have been given off the floor because of the fact it matched the fossil checklist, field observations, a ton of alternative stuff, and Darwin controlled to expain credibly the way it could artwork (which many others further to). Relativity grow to be customary because of the fact it defined the photograph-electric result, the orbit of Mercury, a team of alternative anomolies with Classical Physics, and because Einstein grow to be a genius who produced a stable theory. issues like Bigfoot could desire to exist, not something impossible a pair of huge ape, yet issues like ghosts could require this sort of bg substitute in our view of the universe that they are able to't be customary in basic terms because of the fact lots of people who prefer to believe (the 1st geologists had to discover evidence for the Flood, and thats why they have been credible while they mentioned there wasn't any) say so. it would be cool if those issues have been real, and that i attempt to maintain an open strategies, yet not something persuasive yet. technologies getting quite indistingushiable from magic now, besides.

Answer 3

If a phenomena can be detected by human senses, then it has to have some effect on the natural world even if it itself is "supernatural" If it can affect the natural world, it can be measured scientifically. eg. If a poltergeist is supposed to be able to move physical objects then we can measure that movement, and show whether or not there is a scientific, natural explanation or whether it truly defies natural laws.

Scientists are curious people, they would love to be able to prove that "Anomalous lights in the sky, mysterious creatures, angelic figures, strange subhumans" really exist. They would love to be able to catalogue and investigate them. The problem is they always turn out to have a more prosaic explanation.

If you claim it is beyond the realm of science then you are creating an untestable hypothesis and science is not interested.

Answer 4

If people can make claims without proof or evidence then what is to stop them from make claims about absolutely anything? Sure, you can believe in your grandmother's ghost living in your laundry room. But if you can't prove it beyond saying "I feel her there" or "she talks to me in my sleep" - then why should anybody else give it any credit?

But, if you happen to have solid evidence - then I would find that interesting.

Answer 5

People used to believe in dragons. Where are those dragons? You know what this means? People who saw dragons were delusional.

How do you think I feel about people who see ghosts, ufos, aliens, etc?

Answer 6

I believe in aliens, ufo's and ghosts - but I don't believe in god. Reason I believe in those things, there is no way known to man we can be the only living creatures in the universe, there has to be life on other planets. As for ghosts, I have seen them, as have most of my family and there are friends who have felt their presence.
Reason I don't believe in God - scientifically proven humans evolved from apes, so unless Adam & Eve were apes, god didn't create us.

Answer 7

Well you certainly should be able to measure a spirit by the result that spirit promised. Spirits aren't just hanging out in hallways, if you feel the voice or premonition of a spirit, you should be able to know the truthfullness of that spirit by the result, or lack thereof.

Answer 8

When you come up with something that can actually be weighed or measured, then we can continue this 'discussion'.

Answer 9

Well for spirits, I am hoping for magnetic, temperature or sound/light frequency changes. For premonitions, I am hoping for a percentage of right and wrong hits.

Answer 10

I saw The Blessed Virgin Mary in Milton , Mass. I was on fox news.millions were there in this tiny town to see the miracle.
Holy angels have saved me from death on four different occasions.I once saw Jesus, and I once had Jesus Himself come to me.I have my own proof.