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Unread 05-26-2012, 10:33 AM
 
Location: earth?
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Originally Posted by spm62 View Post
The bottom line is..nobody knows if life exist elsewhere or not. We have opinions or ideas based on what we have read or heard, that`s it.
So many people act like they have some supernatural wisdom that they know more than the other billions of people who have lived on this planet.
We are just common people who read what others write and listen to their opinions on what they think or what they have seen and we draw our own conclusions. That`s it in a nutshell.
So for someone to state emphatically that they know one way or the other, I say....you don`t know squat. All you know is what you have heard and read from other people..that`s ALL you know. You form an opinion like the rest us. We have our opinions and that`s all we have. So stop acting like you have some type of supernatural wisdom that is above everyone else and just admit something is your opinion based on what you have heard and read from others.
We should at least be open minded enough to think it`s a possibility eventhough we can be skeptics or lean to the camp that doesn`t believe. It`s just the people that state their belief as unwavering fact or dogma that I don`t understand. I`m all for not believing something, being skeptical, asking tough questions,etc. But just admit that you don`t really know and there can be a variety of explanations for paranormal,alien activity, etc. On the other hand, it may be true. The only way to gain knowledge and understanding is to be open minded but at the same time remain skeptical.
Some people claim to have had experiences. Experiences are direct knowing.
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Unread 05-26-2012, 10:34 AM
 
Location: earth?
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Not all governments- Equador is rather open about UFO sightings, as are other governments. Here is the US, we are sheltered by the media and governemnt.
Ok, so bring on the info from the Equadorian government. Links, please.
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Unread 05-26-2012, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Cherryville, NC
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Sir, Check out SETI Discovery of Fleet Of UFO'S heading towards Earth on youtube. This is real, and our Government took away SETI funding and the US Navy took over their equipment. Check out all the FEMA Camps being created, and the RFID in the new health care bill to be implemented 2014.
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Unread 05-26-2012, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Under the Redwoods
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Sorry - can't link you to my step mother who is from Equador....and I don't have any transcripts from our conversations that talked about it.
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Unread 05-26-2012, 11:52 AM
 
Location: Under the Redwoods
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A quick search provided this link- (among many) about Equador and UFOs
Rewriting the rules in Ecuador | De Void
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Unread 05-26-2012, 02:22 PM
 
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Some people claim to have had experiences. Experiences are direct knowing.
Maybe..maybe not. Sometimes what you think is one thing turns out to be something else. If a person says he has seen unicorns in his backyard, would you believe him? To him it would be true. To you, your logic would tell you it was probably something else. But you would never be able to convince him that his experience wasn`t real. To him it was real. What he saw, was real. Would his experience be direct knowing? It only makes true for him.

Same thing with God. People claimed to have heard the audible voice of God or seen Jesus or angels with their own eyes. Some people would dismiss that.

People that have hallucinations believe what their mind tells them they see or hear. To them it is real. I get that. Like a mirage on a highway on a hot summer day. Up ahead it looks like water on the road. That is what your brain tells you it is based on the info it has collected over your lifetime. But we know it is just a mirage. A dream seems like a real event to us at the time it is happening.
So I would say an experience may or may not be what your mind thinks it is. But I understand that it is real to you. Again, I`m not arguing for or against aliens, ghost , or anything else. I`ve never had that kind of experience. It may be true...it may not. But I do think those people experienced something. Whether or not it is what they think it is...is a different matter. But to them, it is what their mind tells them it is.
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Unread 05-26-2012, 06:14 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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I've probably read the bible more times than you Ohio. And, I've taken classes in both the old and new testaments, so therefore I am not inclined or interested in reading your lengthy interpretation on its purpose.

Go try and school someone else, I'm not biting.
Close-minded
Over-inflated opinion of yourself.
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Unread 05-27-2012, 11:04 AM
 
Location: Newport News Virginia
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hahahahahaha, Oh ok, thought it was God's words, seems he likes word games. Well seems it is just a work of fiction then. So if it is to not be taken literally, then I guess the commandments are just suggestions and all the hate inspired text ( as in gays to be killed and burn in hell for sinners) can be ignored?
For the love of GOD! I don't mind atheists. I just hate atheists who bash other religions. There are many books within the bible on certain chapters were everything thing is metaphoricaly poetic. Some people even believe that hell itself is a metaphor for your feelings and not the physical burning in a pit of fire and sulfur. And for the gays, I have one thing to say, love thy neighbor regardless of who they are. Thats what Jesus said, that's what i'm gonna do. IMO the words of Jesus go above ANY texts deeming gays undiserable to god. So I disregard such texts.
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Unread 05-27-2012, 01:57 PM
 
Location: playing in the colorful Colorado dirt
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Those that say "governments" will never reveal some strange secret information that there are creatures from other worlds that visit us...................They can not reveal what does not exist....governments are not old wizards and wise men- They are common people elected by common people=== and no one takes them aside and says "Okay...here is the big secret- we talk to people on Mars...keep this to yourself"...I hate to disappoint all of you that NEED to believe in this garbage---why don't you try believing in yourself...the more you idolize what does not exist- the lower you are brought..the less YOU are. The easier it is to control you because of this foolishness............


The worst traitors on earth are those that become rich through tickling the imaginations of human beings....Like that crazy AM radio show COAST TO COAST.....the sponsors and the hosts of these programs that taint the minds of millions- SHOULD BE LOCKED UP IN JAIL CELLS----these people are not your friends- They are weasils.
Oleg, apparently this "foolishness" as you call it has been going on for centuries.

I can't believe that you believe it's a plot to control the masses.

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