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Haha - nice observation. I consider these portions of the article "proof", or at least convincing evidence: "Todd Burpo, Colton’s father, says he was skeptica

Haha - 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 ago
How 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 ago
  Yup. 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 ago
    The 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 ago
      There'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 ago
        I can still enjoy a magic show while knowing that none of it is supernatural...

dsego 13y ago

How 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 ago
Yup. 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 ago
  The 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 ago
    There'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 ago
      I can still enjoy a magic show while knowing that none of it is supernatural...