How do you feel you would handle it if...?

Question

Firstly, for goodness sakes I'm not saying this has, or will occur, this is a HYPOTHETICAL question.

Hypothetical situation. you are out in public. and out of nowhere, from around a corner or whatever... something actively, clearly "Magickal" happens. I'm talking dramatic, hollywood turned real life, harry potter sorta crap here. just right in front of you, BAM. fireballs or magic bolts or force fields or whatever the hell you envision the best. I mean, like current day, CLEARLY "this is not technology, or "normal" at all" type things. clearly, unquestionably "supernatural" and manifestly, observably, go touch the broken glass type real. obviously not staged or a hoax or anything.

right in front of you.

and everyone else around you seeing it too.

how do you think you would handle it? would it change your beliefs? would you go insane? would you just not belive it was real, even though it happened right in front of you?

please, "that could not happen" is not useful. imagine IF IT DID, HYPOTHETICALLY. despite your views saying "that would be absolutely impossible to occur"

other forms of "it just wouldn't happen" are equally pointless. just imagine *if it did*.

this is mostly pointed at people who think that such things absoultley could not occur, but I'm interested in what people think in general too.

and I do not think that such an event is wholely impossible now, I think that its a very uncommon thing now, but that theres a possibility in the semi-near future for things such as described to be less-uncommon.

but for the question, its just hypothetical.

Smirk, and when there were none, and it was simply real? then what?

Dan, what about the (however many would get the point across) people also there with you, who saw it?
and what about, (lets say) damage to things nearby, that *really* was there. and *really* was such that the way it occured, only made sense, with what you (and the others) observed?

Answer 1

I would check myself in to the Puzzle Factory.

Answer 2

Well "IF" I seen someone shooting fireballs out of their hand or something weird like that, i would run and heck yes it would change me, It would scare the **** out of me, lool. I dont know exactly what or how i could react except to run and try and get away from the person. To me, that would be a form of evil doing and i want NO part of anything like that at all. LOL, 1. Yes, it would scare me, and 2. It would change my way of thinking about some things but not dramaticly, I would just be on a level 10 alert of evil than a meek 5 now. loooooooool

Answer 3

I would think it was the concentration of energy, for some reason at that time and place. Perhaps someone's spell come to life, or residue from an event in the past. I'm Pagan, so these kinds of things are not strange to me.

Answer 4

Readjust my world view, maybe. But also realise that however magical it might seem the odds are still clearly in favour of halucination.

Humes 'On Miracles' is still the standard philosophical work on this sort of thing.

Answer 5

I would have myself placed into protective custody because clearly there is a major chemical imbalance in my head.

Answer 6

This has happened to me and yes, it changed my belief about what is real and what is possible...also, at this point, nothing much surprises me...

Answer 7

Keep an open mind.If it turns out to be real,I shall accept it.

Answer 8

I would look around for the movie cameras.

Answer 9

I'd treat it the same as any other hypothesis.

Answer 10

I'd say WOW!