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    Thread: Back to it
Post: Back to it

Greetings, fellas.  Been two years since I lasted logged on here. The last time being 2019 with a Edward Snowden thread of all things. Yet it's definitely felt like longer, as I really stopped being ...
Posted by Desperado in Member Introductions , 2021-06-22, 04:52 AM
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    Thread: Edward Snowden claims he has
Post: RE: Edward Snowden claims he has

Yes, it is a rather impossible claim. Why is he making it? Who knows, but being on Joe Rogan's podcast might have something to do with it. Maybe.  In another article, he goes a step further and say...
Posted by Desperado in UFOs (and Related) , 2019-10-27, 04:11 AM
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    Thread: Edward Snowden claims he has
Post: Edward Snowden claims he has

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/23/us/edward-snowden-joe-rogan-conspiracies-trnd/index.html (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/23/us/edward-snowden-joe-rogan-conspiracies-trnd/index.html) Oh boy, wha...
Posted by Desperado in UFOs (and Related) , 2019-10-24, 09:12 PM
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    Thread: Religion's (apparent) denial of emotional influence
Post: Religion's (apparent) denial of emotional influenc...

Now, let me say I haven't made a thread in awhile, and this is a very spontaneous one. Very, very spontaneous. You see, I'm a working musician and one of my more consistent gigs is one playing a conte...
Posted by Desperado in Spirituality , 2019-09-22, 04:09 PM
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    Thread: Our beloved friend Doug has passed on
Post: RE: Our beloved friend Doug has passed on

A man like Doug is hard to find in this day and age of armchair warfare. Someone wise and who thoroughly thought out every thing he said. He supported me by showing he was eager to hear what I had to ...
Posted by Desperado in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2019-08-09, 06:07 AM
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    Thread: NDE study by Kondziella and Olsen
Post: RE: NDE study by Kondziella and Olsen

I really admire Parnia's efforts a little more then before after reading this, frankly. I think he's a great example of somebody who has gotten to his current opinion and viewpoint through trial and e...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-07-05, 04:27 AM
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    Thread: Belief in aliens could be America’s next religion
Post: RE: Belief in aliens could be America’s next relig...

Was just thinking about this thread, because I have been more and more conscious in a uptick of UFO discussions amongst people I've met. Especially people who claim to be very skeptical of organized r...
Posted by Desperado in UFOs (and Related) , 2019-05-04, 11:57 PM
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    Thread: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia
Post: RE: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia

tim Wrote: (2019-04-18, 02:57 PM) -- A recent interview with Dr Sam Parnia. Nothing new, but the journalist who 'got it', confirmed it was very recent (I emailed her). Typical responses from mainstre...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-04-20, 04:35 AM
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    Thread: NDEs and DMT
Post: RE: NDEs and DMT

tim Wrote: (2019-02-27, 05:48 PM) -- The people that have taken "substances" don't believe they've been to heaven* (apologies for that naughty word* but that's what most of them say). Not from what I...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-02-28, 04:59 AM
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    Thread: NDEs and DMT
Post: RE: NDEs and DMT

Yeah, that's where most of that debate lies as far as known substances and NDE similarities go. In the parts of the experience you can't really verify, the subjective aspect. If it did emulate the ver...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-02-27, 03:01 PM
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    Thread: NDEs and DMT
Post: RE: NDEs and DMT

Quote: -- “neither possible to corroborate nor refute the hypothesis that the release of an endogenous ketamine-like neuroprotective agent underlies NDE phenomenology.” -- I get these guys are ...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-02-27, 07:05 AM
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    Thread: Commentary thread for tim's "NDE's" thread
Post: RE: NDE's

tim Wrote: (2019-02-26, 01:43 PM) -- This is territory I prefer not to get into because it's plainly unapproachable. However, I can't see why a man like Dalla Torre would invent something like this o...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-02-27, 06:51 AM
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    Thread: Commentary thread for tim's "NDE's" thread
Post: RE: NDE's

tim Wrote: (2019-02-17, 06:23 PM) -- Following on from that, this is the case of an Italian advertising executive, Mario Dalla Torre Schio, who after a very serious head on car crash, experienced a p...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-02-26, 05:47 AM
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    Thread: New Thinking Allowed- Whitley Strieber
Post: RE: New Thinking Allowed- Whitley Strieber

tim Wrote: (2019-02-05, 06:13 PM) -- Well, Ken Ring for one, in the eighties, well after I started investigating NDE's. https://www.near-death.com/science/articles/ndes-ufos-and-shamans.html (http...
Posted by Desperado in UFOs (and Related) , 2019-02-05, 08:38 PM
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    Thread: Ecstatic Seizures and NDEs
Post: RE: Ecstatic Seizures and NDEs

Been reading about these "ecstatic seizures", and honestly they come off as a caricature of what NDEs usually entail. And definitely don't seem to be a sufficient explanation for OBEs either. They are...
Posted by Desperado in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-01-26, 05:33 AM
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    Thread: Reincarnation and Murphy/Persinger
Post: RE: Reincarnation and Murphy/Persinger

Typoz Wrote: (2018-11-27, 08:31 AM) -- I only skimmed through the article, but it seemed absurd that while there are some references to NDEs, there is no consideration whatsoever given to reincarnati...
Posted by Desperado in Reincarnation , 2018-11-27, 04:40 PM
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    Thread: Reincarnation and Murphy/Persinger
Post: Reincarnation and Murphy/Persinger

Been a bit since I made a thread, but I've been wanting to. Anyways, this is a very interesting twist on reincarnation ala the late Michael Persinger and his associate Todd Murphy. It's lengthy so set...
Posted by Desperado in Reincarnation , 2018-11-27, 05:08 AM
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    Thread: NDEs and DMT
Post: RE: NDEs and DMT

Chris Wrote: (2018-09-17, 08:44 AM) -- It seems to be an uncritical acceptance of the "NDE=DMT" line. (Well, it is the BBC.) -- I think there would be more interest in answering or commenting on th...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2018-09-18, 03:20 AM
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    Thread: Keith Augustine interview
Post: RE: Keith Augustine interview

tim Wrote: (2018-09-07, 09:32 AM) -- Desperado, I do understand your desire to get to the truth about the reality of near death experiences but presenting Keith Augustine's "nits" to be "re-picked...
Posted by Desperado in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2018-09-08, 03:06 PM
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    Thread: NDEs and DMT
Post: RE: NDEs and DMT

Ahh the old DMT comparisons are back again. Well several of you all have spoken my mind on the explanation for me, but I did discover a talk by a guy named Dave Nichols. He is a researcher who special...
Posted by Desperado in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2018-09-06, 04:19 PM
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