I'm very much a skeptic, I don't take reports at face value -- I ALWAYS investigate the situation and weigh it against my knowledge of the subject, my experience and my gut feelings. I believe I've more than proved this given some of the posts I've made even recently, when it comes to people thinking they've had a psychic experience or that they are "special" in some way; I've told them to look at both sides of the question so they can balance their conclusions and I've warned them to not cling onto the more surreal explanation of things. I've said this about psychic phenomena as well as issues of hauntings, so I'm not a dyed in the wool believer. . . I'm not part of an extreme, I proudly stand in the middle of the issue as both, questioner and optimist, seeking to not slam the door shut on an issue pertaining to such things.
I cannot deny the various experiences I've had first hand when it comes to the miraculous, the psychic as well as haunt phenomena -- these are things that happened, that cannot be explained away and when I've proven this, the naysayers begin acts of trying to discredit me by claiming I was on drugs or it's my medication, low blow sugar and a plethora of less kind things, they'd rather do that than admit that a.) they can't explain it away; b.) admit that there may very well be something beyond extreme logic.
When I first started my own investigations into Psychics and Hauntings, etc. I was taught that skeptics weren't closed minded and actually sought some form of confirmation to things. I was likewise taught that they were not dogmatic, insisting it was all their way or no way at all. Sadly, the lower denomination -- the extremism now associated with the idea of skepticism, has bullied itself into position as the "proper doctrine" over what was for so many generations.
My final point is the fact that this believer has been involved with far more dangerous investigations and actual Consumer Predatory expose type work than the majority of those boasting to be skeptics or "debunkers", something few like to weigh when challenging my claim of being a skeptic and person of honest concern when it comes to these things.
There are a number of Skeptics out there that still have faith in Jesus Christ or Muhammad or any number of other religious icons, including the miracles and gifts they can share with others; how are they any different than someone like myself? How can one be a skeptic, by the definition you're suggesting, and still be true to their religious convictions?
Not all skeptics are Atheists or Agnostic which would suggest that there may be a greater, more silent number of folks out there that are like my self; leaving the door cracked just a bit because the phenomenal is real to them for whatever reason.Statistics: Posted by Craig Browning — 01 Mar 2012, 03:12
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