I just read this post and wanted to answer it from an alternative viewpoints.
Originally posted by spacecowgirl
reply to post by seagull
A willingness to listen to other viewpoints is where the sticking point is on abductee threads.
Yes it is. It is one that sticks both ways as
many people i have encountered here on ATS who claim these experiences are not interested in the many other explanations for Alien Abduction
Experiences. It is quite obvious from your post that you are uninterested in any other viewpoint. I wonder why you are on a PUBLIC forum then. As ATS
is not an Abductees only forum. I for one have no desire to see it become one, in any form. I am generally interested in this topic and like
discussing this with others.
Thats my point. For lifetime abductees we have no wish to listen to someone tell us aliens aren't real or that we are psycho or
sctizo.
I agree whole heartedly with you here. No one wants to be labled mentally ill because of a belief inspired by a profound personal
experiences.
The alternative viewpoint is that we are all wrong and have no proof.
From my interest in this phenomena, there is very little but
personal testimony when it comes to Alien Abduction Experiences. If you yourself have any other evidence to offer on threads, I am sure the skeptics
would dissappear very quickly, and you would have no need for an Abductees only forum.
That is why an abductee thread does not need opposing viewpoints. That is what I have been trying to get across.
I disagree. I believe
that many, many people come to ATS in search of explanations for experiences that they cannot explain. The opportunity to read and see many different
opinions, experiences, and beliefs in relation to these unexplained experiences, that some people attribute to ET's, should not be denied or
censored.
Why does no-one understand the guts it takes to post an abductee experience??
You are annonymous to people here. There are no medal
ceremonies here. People here have seen many, many, many, many, many posts, threads, claims before.
I personally applaud your choice to share you experiences, but others will not. If you are here to post for congratulations, validation, reward or
confirmation then you will be sorely dissapointed. And it is obvious you are. ATS is not a mutual admiration society. That is what i have experienced.
You just have to accept that. You believe what you believe. You cannot force others to conform to you beliefs by asking for a special forum.
Why does no one understand that we have no interest in proving anything to anyone???
From my experience, many people do want to prove
their story. Many want to prove their experinces was real. Many also believe that they have recieved something important to share which requires them
to discuss and convince others that what they experienced was real. I think your generalisationof all abductees is massive and maybe a result of your
own personal feelings.
Why does no-one understand we have no need to hear someone tell us that aliens don't exist when we have been through such trauma at their
hands??
Why is this all so hard for non abductees to understand????
I have no doubt that you and others have had an experience. You attribute ET's as the cause of this exprience.
I have never been abducted.
I have never seen an alien.
I have never been abord a UFO, controlled by aliens.
Obviously there is no overwhelming proof of ET existence, it is not generally accept that ET's exist, although many believe it is possible, or
otherwise we would not be discussing your thread topic..
Abductees do not have any other evidence other than their personal testimony.
Only the word of an abductee.
Research into the phenomena is mainly done by amatuers whose methods are questionable. Many studies are flawed, with the numbers of possible abductees
being greatly exaggerated.
There are many other explanations. That are often ignored or dismissed as not being possible by those who claim to have these experiences.
This is why some people do not understand.
This is why some people do not believe you.
This is why, sadly, some will attack you.
This is why you need to get over it.
This is why ATS does not need pleading for special forums.
Keep your chin up.
