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Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
How do you know it's "mystical balderdash"? You are absolutely correct, the Truth is Not Determined By a Show of Hands. I recently read a book written by a Physicist called:
The Physics of Consciousness.
He suggests that if everyone - EVERYONE - shared the same will, the wish or prayer or desire or whatever, and focused on that idea, collectively, then the thing would happen. It has to do with quantum physics that are proven.
As for doing something that can "make a real difference", what good are you doing by bashing people who are willing to send positive thoughts to a place we perhaps cannot go with cans, clothes, seeds, etc. ?? How are you helping?
Originally posted by SaturnFX
I think I will pray that we soon find a easy, cheap, and clean way of finding and using a infinate and free energy alternative...
You can pray for the water's feelings...a big effort to make water feel better, to me, sounds pretty retarded if we were going to try a huge experiment of focus
Anyhow, consider how many people around the world wanted and prayed for the Vietnam war to end in the 60s...and it didn't...it kept going and going and going and...etc
I think all of these mass prayers and such were pretty much debunked from the boomers...seriously...so, stop with this "world needs to hold hands and sing" nonsense...we get out of these situations with our brains and focusing in on solutions and prevention, or it won't get solved?!
Originally posted by Quasar_La-Zar
Because before this time, life was horrible, and then you died, thats it. The only way they could keep themselves motivated enough to continue with daily struggle is to pray in whatever form suits them, but praying never changed anything in the real world.
If it did 15,000+ people would not starve to DEATH every single day before AND after Japan, AND YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR LOVE TO JAPAN BECAUSE WE THINK MORE HIGHLY OF THEM? That is a very uneducated stance to be taking mr.holierthanthou
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MY MESSAGE TO THE WORLD, JAPAN CAN WAIT, SEND THE LOVE TO THE STARVING PEOPLE, AND INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY PRAYING, YOU CAN SEND ACTUAL REAL LIFE ITEMS THAT WILL EFFECT THOSE PEOPLE IN REAL TIME, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A $2 PACK OF SEEDS OR CANS OF FOOD OR CLOTHES WOULD BE BETTER AND WOULD HAVE X100,000,000 THE EFFECT OF WISHFUL THINKING AND HOPING FOR THE WORLD TO FIX EVERYTHING WITHOUT HARD WORK, GROW UP PEOPLE GOD DAMNIT!!!!!!!!
edit on 31-3-2011 by Quasar_La-Zar because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by traditionaldrummer
How do you know it's "mystical balderdash"? You are absolutely correct, the Truth is Not Determined By a Show of Hands. I recently read a book written by a Physicist called:
The Physics of Consciousness.
He suggests that if everyone - EVERYONE - shared the same will, the wish or prayer or desire or whatever, and focused on that idea, collectively, then the thing would happen. It has to do with quantum physics that are proven.
As for doing something that can "make a real difference", what good are you doing by bashing people who are willing to send positive thoughts to a place we perhaps cannot go with cans, clothes, seeds, etc. ?? How are you helping?
Originally posted by coolottie
reply to post by wcitizen
So glad you brought this to our attention. His experiments with water has proven beyond a doubt that the human mind and spirit can effect our reality in very postitive ways.
Originally posted by Quasar_La-Zar
IF PRAYING WORKED, WHY IS THERE IS THOUSANDS OF RELIGIONS? IF PRAYER WORKED, WOULD THAT NOT BE A UNIVERSAL THING THAT CAN PRODUCE REALTIME RESULTS, WHICH IT ISN'T.
I hope the caps made you read those words more carefully.
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Originally posted by coolottie
reply to post by wcitizen
So glad you brought this to our attention. His experiments with water has proven beyond a doubt that the human mind and spirit can effect our reality in very postitive ways.
No, his "experiments" turned out to be fraudulent nonsense to which he's agreed. Sorry, but people cannot "think" water and ice into pretty formations.
Originally posted by Seibei
The human mind is powerful, but saying a prayer halfway across the world is not going to "magically" erase the radiation from the water... Better yet why dont you guys use your superhero powers of prayer to save all those starving children in Africa and India... oh wait I forgot thats not current news so nobody cares.
Send some food or money if your desire is to help those in need, dont sit on your couch repeating a phrase and then go on to say your helping those in need.