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gailsimone:

Some of you may know that I am a genuine card-carrying skeptic, which doesn’t mean, as is often said, that I don’t believe in anything. What it means is that I don’t believe in extraordinary things without evidence. Someone’s opinion or anecdotal evidence isn’t enough. This is a big problem on the…

One of my favorite memories from childhood was being dragged on ghost hunting outings. Granted, I didn’t love them as much at the time. They often left me wherever I dropped for the night and went off to get drunk and “commune with spirits”. I woke up, in the middle of night, in some truly bizarre places. Of all the traumatic experiences from my childhood those are the only ones I kind of like recalling. I also think they’re partially responsible for getting me really interested in paranormal stuff.

These days, I’m an eclectic Pagan. I don’t necessarily believe in astrology or God (Though I do believe in thoughtforms.) or alien abductions. I believe in things I feel I have experience with. Parts of said beliefs are often changing or questioned and… I dunno. It’s a big, complicated topic.

I don’t make a habit of arguing my POV unless someone manages to really offend me. And even then, it’s more about my freedom to pick and choose from a few unusual beliefs rather than picking one extreme view… Or if I’m having a friendly sometimes unintentionally heated debate with a like-minded individual.

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  1. ealperin reblogged this from ladyhuffybottom
  2. countryboylife said: Ghosts - first hand experience, keep an open mind on most of the others. But I suspect the explanation is just not science yet, eg Ball lightning, REF Clarkes 3 laws.
  3. ladyhuffybottom reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    ‘I’m just wondering why the miracles that can’t be proven are so much less urgent to most people than the ones that...
  4. newageamazon reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    believe in reincarnation, but I also believe I could be wrong on...to make myself feel...
  5. blackalice reblogged this from ealperin and added:
    Thank you, ealperin! :-)
  6. hundredthidiot reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Yes! Yes yes yes.
  7. depechemoses reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    ESP, there was an episode of Through the Wormhole about...where they did experiments and...
  8. tonguedepresser said: Nope. I’ve been a lifelong skeptic as well. I don’t like to bring it up, though, because people always will think I am some kind of god-hating… god-hater.
  9. fuchsiaprose reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    my favorite memories from childhood was being dragged on ghost hunting outings. Granted,
  10. cmwich reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I think the fact that these miracles can be proven tends to make them less miraculous in the eyes of the...
  11. vejigante said: Well, i think there is life on other planets(It’s a big universe after all), but i don’t believe in the UFO stuff.
  12. brandebouc reblogged this from gailsimone
  13. nomi-malone said: Nope, don’t believe in any of it. If reasonable evidence were presented I’d reconsider but the odds of that happening are slim. Also, I feel like the whole thing is kinda moot and not worth debating because it has no bearing on how i live my life.
  14. havecrayonswilltravel reblogged this from gailsimone
  15. greatergoods said: I’d LOVE to believe in ghosts (but just can’t), and am probably ‘alien agnostic.’ I understand why so many women turn to ESP and horoscopes for guidance (being left out of traditional institutions, medicine, etc.) but it can be… embarrassing.
  16. rainglazed reblogged this from elfgrove and added:
    I don’t think that it’s a bad thing to always be questioning — in fact I think I think it’s something more people need...
  17. krelllabs reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    pretty hardcore skeptic....paranormal at all, or god or gods or supernatural beings
  18. blueelectricangels reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    know, I mean, I’m not a believer, per se - too many things fail to pass the ‘Where’s the money?’ test for me to put much...
  19. captain-fur said: I’m a huge skeptical. I don’t believe in God, I don’t even believe in Santa. ;)
  20. girl-in-c-major reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    That, I’m not entirely sure about. I think a lot of inventive and exploratory science stuff is very riveting myself. I...
  21. elfgrove reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I think it comes down to having (or desiring to have) faith. So many of us have been soured to religion and gods, or...
  22. fanboywatchtower reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    tend to keep an open mind. there are somethings...(UFO’s) i don’t discount because really,...
  23. stoopidtallkid said: No, though cryptozoology is close. There are species out there we haven’t found yet, but they probably aren’t Bigfoots and lost dinosaurs.
  24. ryanlrussell said: Just my religion, pretty standard stuff.
  25. gailsimone reblogged this from girl-in-c-major and added:
    Okay, but see, I think that’s an odd position. There ARE miracles and bizarre things discovered all the time…it’s just...
  26. yanbasque reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    used to, though. When...astral projections and...like that....
  27. menshevixen said: I want to believe! I’m just a huge X-Files fan. :B I do believe that alien life exists, and I have a couple of tarot decks.
  28. 33blackbirds said: Extraterrestrial life has to exist out there, just not in the way UFOs are presented. I try to keep an open mind about the supernatural, but I’m skeptical.
  29. ravenjade reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Nooope, maybe it’s because my mom believes in fortune telling and stuff...just roll my...
  30. mayak46 said: none of the above because never seen credible evidence. open mind though, If evidence can be stand up to the scientific method.
  31. lordofthedaves said: I believe in esp…precognition, remote viewing and empathic ability….Had too many times in my life were a gut feeling has let me know something was about to happen.
  32. dorkward said: I believe in God thus spirits but don’t believe the popular depictions of angry ghosts, loved ones becoming angels, etc. I think it illogical to assume humans are capable of perceiving, quantifying, measuring, or understanding everything that exists.