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Originally posted by DrJay1975
My question was how do you know your time travel, astral projection, communication with aliens and spirits, etc.... is not a mental disorder.
tho i think its important for skeptics to be on a forum like ATS, ATS was created for the purpose of exploring ideas and investigating conspiracies. skepticism is ignorance, its close-minded mundane earth-centric human superior knowledge mindset and thats just bull.
I've been wondering something for awhile now. When I look at a conspiracy or a paranormal event I always try to eliminate the conventional explanations before moving on to something more far fetched. Now this has happened in several threads but a recent post kind of caught my eye. I posted a question to one of our enlightened time traveler members who had the secrets to the universe and was nice enough to share them with us. Yay. He told us to ask any serious questions that we'd like an answer to. My question was how do you know your time travel, astral projection, communication with aliens and spirits, etc.... is not a mental disorder. That is a logical question isn't it?
If you claim one of these things, well that's one thing. But if you claim an entire page's worth of otherworldly claims about yourself including knowing the answers to all of humanities great questions is another. Isn't it a natural thing to wonder if the person is mentally ill or truly enlightened? And if he holds the keys to the universe then he should be able to answer that question right? I mean if you've time traveled and been shown all 7 layers of the universe then you ought to be able to tell me why you don't have a mental illness.
So I ask that question. I don't say your mentally ill. I ask how do you know you aren't delusional. And several other posters retaliate with their comments. Examples are "Why do you wonder if all enlightened people are mentally ill". It's ignorant to assume that someone has a mental illness because they talk to aliens. Etc.... So essentially my question which wasn't even an opinion gets attacked and I get called ignorant because I'm looking for a far more likely answer than the one the OP provided before moving on to the supernatural or farfetched.
I understand this is a conspiracy site but isn't the motto "Deny Ignorance"? Why is it more ignorant to look for a logical answer rather than just assuming everyone who talks to aliens and communes with the gods is telling the truth. Why are people so scared of having these statements analyzed? Why is it wrong to question an "enlightened person" when the person who thinks it's wrong trashes people for having blind faith in religion?
Here's my point, the purpose of this site is to discover the truth. The truth in itself doesn't care who you are. The truth can be mundane or fantastical. And the percieved truth should be analyzed with equal scrutiny no matter if it's fantastical or the status quo. Don't be scared of the truth. To all of the people out there who feel the need to attack percieved skeptics, stop it. I'm not a skeptic. I analyze information without judging it. When I analyze someone's statements my intent isn't to prove my point, it's to discover the truth. It doesn't matter if it's my viewpoint that I'm proving wrong or whether it's someone elses. It's about the truth. And you can't discover the truth without questioning it. If you want everyone to make the assumption that all these farfetched theories are true and that they don't deserve the same scrutiny or criticism as the percieved societal norm, then you have an issue. Mundane, farfetched; it doesn't matter. Let's get to the bottom of everything.If you assume that these otherworldly things are all true then your just as bad as the people who hide the farfetched from us today.
Originally posted by yeahright
I think you've answered your own question. What possible response would you expect to a question like that? If someone did have a mental disorder, would you expect them to have a sudden epiphany due to the question and say, "Yeah, I guess I'm just nuts".
You can think it, you can assume it, but it isn't going to further a discussion, which is why we're here. It's a trollish attempt at deflection and thread killing.
Prove to me you don't have a mental disorder. Not so easy, is it?
Physician, heal thyself.
Originally posted by DocEmrick
-OzWeatherman (Australian Special Forces)
Originally posted by yeahright
Originally posted by DrJay1975
My question was how do you know your time travel, astral projection, communication with aliens and spirits, etc.... is not a mental disorder.
I think you've answered your own question. What possible response would you expect to a question like that? If someone did have a mental disorder, would you expect them to have a sudden epiphany due to the question and say, "Yeah, I guess I'm just nuts".
You can think it, you can assume it, but it isn't going to further a discussion, which is why we're here. It's a trollish attempt at deflection and thread killing.
Prove to me you don't have a mental disorder. Not so easy, is it?
Physician, heal thyself.