Leonard H. Stringfield said:
Rocag said:
For those of us that don't accept remote viewing as a legitimate information gathering technique, what other evidence do you have to support your ideas?
I suppose once you are convinced of the extraterrestrial reality, it opens up all sorts of new possibilities? I jumped head first into the subject for religious purposes and there are some scriptures which always caused me to pause. This event was one of those. The quote from the former NASA official regarding the reaction of Pres. Carter being told the truth might be supporting information (evidence). Some believe Ezekiel's "wheel" is a description of an extraterrestrial vehicle.
As I was reading the interactions on this thread and it occurred to me that the way the Christians here might react to your ideas reminds me of the way that atheists have reacted to Christian beliefs. Rocag was looking for a level of evidence and support that does not exist or does not exist in a way that will be convincing to someone who, as you put it, has already been convinced of a truth. In your case, that truth is the ET reality.
Very generally, what you appear to believe in is a specific set of presuppositions, that data from the natural world is useful in understanding reality, and you believe in a process for gaining additional knowledge that either borders on or is firmly with the category of mysticism and supernatural. Looked at that way, what you believe is not really all that different from what any other religion believes. You've simply accepted a different set of presuppositions and carried them to their conclusions.
Now, I can already hear the objections to this comparison. And many of those objections are legitimate. But, don't read too deeply . . . . I think that my point is that we all have a tendency to look at each other's beliefs as though the other person is totally nuts.
When Christians read what I type out here, I have no doubt that many think that I am nuts. And when I read some of the stuff you believe or that Christians believe, I am certainly tempted to think you all are nuts. And perhaps you think the rest of us are nuts.
No big point or anything to my post. Just an observation.