(2021-01-15, 08:22 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: Yes, we've heard your excuses before and I'm sure you will continue to recount your supposed sob story in the future.Ok, so my take away from this is that I should at least try focusing on skeptical studies rather than comments. I do tend to place these people on pedestals when I know I shouldn't. The quote is taken from UM, not UU.
But who can argue against smears like "Bruce Greyson's major audience is Christians" and the like, as if Christians are incapable of rational thought and argument.
But you don't just post studies, you post theories you find on Reddit and random Youtube commentary. Out of curiosity I looked up where the comments against Lommel and Sheldrake were from - Unexplained Universe. The "likes" are 2-3.
Why should I care that someone on some other internet forum has an opinion? I can look at the original sources or the articles summarizing studies on my own. The difference between you and posters here is the years of doing the work of going through arguments and/or seeking out personal paranormal experiences.
Assuming you aren't a fraud you should just accept that you don't have it in you to confidently believe in the afterlife because the level of research isn't replicable in the way QM level weirdness is. That might take years, decades, and maybe even isn't possible.
Either try to communicate with the dead or just work on accepting that after this life there is the Nothingness of Oblivion.
If I have a skeptical thought of my own, I'll address it or see if it has already been addressed on here more often. I have contributed to posting research and evidence on here as well, or refuting these points. Trouble is, I often think my refutations are wrong, because of doubt.
I probably care too much about other people's opinions, it's just they don't express them as opinions, they express them like it's absolute fact and if you question them you aren't 'rational' or 'scientific', among other insults. I haven't gotten used to those yet.
When it comes to cultivating personal experiences, I have considered IADC. The trouble is that I've had difficulty with meditation and letting my negative thoughts go. I can't expect psi effect if my mind is too 'clouded' so to speak. Anything else I feel almost ashamed to try because I take what these people say personally when they mock proponents or believers on their forums who do the same. That or they claim to have had their own experiences conveniently. I haven't been able to visit that Spiritualist centre since lockdown started.
And I haven't had years Sci. I've barely had one.