The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128796 Message #2886010
Posted By: Bill D
13-Apr-10 - 08:38 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Near Death? It's a Gas!'
Subject: RE: BS: 'Near Death? It's a Gas!'
"If, as most spiritually inclined people seem to believe..."
But that very situation is what I just addressed...it is **belief**.
No law against 'belief', but not everyone has those experiences you cherish...and not everyone who does assumes they are METAphysical. Those who do are making claims which, presumably, they want others to know about.....but they offer little more than hearsay and claims of circumstantial 'evidence'.
I am really puzzled at the tone of your replies..."bullheaded"? "arrant nonsense"? My concerns are real, thought out, legitimate issues. I did not invent the ideas that I discuss....and many folks here are a lot more strident than *I* on stuff that feels like superstition and wishful thinking... I don't totally deny things...I only doubt and suggest less 'certainty' when positing things based on unproven assumptions.
Sometimes, expressing reservations about OOB and reincarnation..etc., gets me grumpier responses than those which totally denigrate religion. Most curious.