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What I like most about this article: > Many people are never the same, Moody says. They abandon careers that were focused on money or power for more altruistic
by Tmmrn 13y ago
What I like most about this article:
> Many people are never the same, Moody says. They abandon careers that were focused on money or power for more altruistic pursuits.
Yet every single link in the article leads to a book that is sold for profit. None of them have an ebook free of charge.
Also, I didn't see any proof.
- walid 13y agoYou didn't see any proof because headlines are only attention grabbers, not necessarily in line with the article. On another note, heaven might exist. We still can't explain consciousnesses which is what we lose when we die. Some scientists have tried using quantum mechanics to explain a multidimensional form of awareness. I myself am not decided on this matter and don't take sides because like you I haven't seen proof. But the quantum thing is fun to explore.
- hispanic 13y agoHaha - nice observation. I consider these portions of the article "proof", or at least convincing evidence: "Todd Burpo, Colton’s father, says he was skeptical about his son’s story until his son described meeting a great-grandfather and a miscarried baby sister — something no one had ever told him about." "She never told her baby about God, Jesus, her near-death experience, nothing. All that happened when the girl was 8 weeks old. How could she remember that?"
- dsego 13y agoHow about that they just might be lying? Also, kids will overhear a lot of stuff, and then say things that they think parents want to hear (seeking validation).
- hispanic 13y agoYup. That's very possible. However, I find the possibility that they aren't lying to be a whole lot more interesting and fascinating.
- Tmmrn 13y agoThe possibility, of course. But look around, there are so many people who claim to have supernatural abilities, yet none of them has ever been able to demonstrate it under controlled conditions like at James Randi's TV show. So when someone tells about a supernatural event, my default position is that it didn't happen, until there is actual evidence. You might call this close minded but I call it the only sane way to approach things. You can take another stance and just go into the "conspiracy theory" communities and end up believing that the government is out to kill most humans, that the government are shapeshifting reptilians, that the illuminati control the government, that the government is trying to control you with fluoride in your water and toothpaste or with chemtrails or that vaccines cause autism.
- hispanic 13y agoThere's a balance to be made - between belief and skepticism. If you become too much the skeptic, you no longer have the ability to enjoy simple things like a magic show. Become too much the believer, and things like the Truther Movement hold sway over your life. (Of course, the assignments of "believer" and "skeptic" here are completely interchangeable, depending on from which direction you come at each individual topic.)
- Tmmrn 13y agoI can still enjoy a magic show while knowing that none of it is supernatural...