Unexplained Phenomena

[geordie9]

Right ive just finished reading Roy Baintons Book of Unexplained Phenomena and im curious as to what people think of certain things from it such as .....

 

UFO's - I personally believe in UFO's and i have seen 3 unidentified lights in the sky over the last four years. Given the size of the universe i think its pretty much nailed on that theres intelligent life capable of flying vast distances.

 

Life After Death/Spiritualism/Psychics  -  I dont mean to offend anyone thats religious but personally i think religion is the biggest con ever. Religion has probably got more people killed in the world than anything else yet its supposed to be peaceful and loving etc. Im a firm believer in science, its answered everything i need to know. I also have a real problem with 'psychics', i think they are con artists, liars, upsetting people for money. Just like magicians theres an answer to their 'tricks'.

To quote Professor Stephen Hawking

 

‘I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail.

‘There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.’

 

 

 

[~Andrea~]

We already have a religion thread in the debating/mature discussion section. These topics sound like they should be there (separately?) rather than general book discussions (since this appears to be a topic about the topic of the book rather than the book itself)

[Michelle]

I agree with Andrea - we try to avoid discussions about Religion in the main part of the forum, as it's caused so many problems in the past. That's why the debating / mature discussion section exists. 

 

More generally though, these are general discussions rather than book discussions. 

[geordie9]

well i havent got enough posts to access that area yet so i didnt know. apologies.

[Michelle]

No need to apologise. Feel free to start a similar thread in General Chat, but stay clear of religion.