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Originally posted by tothetenthpower
The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
1.Why would aliens want information about us?
Why not? We collect information about all kinds of species. Why shouldn't they?
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
extra DIVThe following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
2. Why would they abduct people and not have the proper technology to make you forget entirely?
Technology is almost never absolutely failsafe. And most abductees didn't remember the experience at first, if I am not mistaken. So they apparently have some way of making people forget. But it is not always working as intended.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
extra DIVThe following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.
3. Why wouldn't they have done this 200 years ago, when humans were so damn ignorant of their owns surroundings there's be no chance of exposure?
How do you know they didn't? It's not like a farmer in the middle-ages would have had the means to record his experience in some way. extra DIV
the idea of beings travelling millions of light years
their morals should have accompanied their evolution
What would an evolved species gain with making our lifes a living hell?
many abductions are just hypnagogic hallucinations caused by SP
I haven't seen anything that could have been taken really seriously as evidence for abductions.
i'm not saying abductions are a hoax but very vivid hallucinations
1.Why would aliens want information about us?
2. Why would they abduct people and not have the proper technology to make you forget entirely?
3. Why wouldn't they have done this 200 years ago, when humans were so damn ignorant of their owns surroundings there's be no chance of exposure?
Many of the people who believe they have been abducted by aliens are bombarding Susan Clancy with hate e-mails and phone calls. The Harvard researcher, who has spent five years listening to the stories of some 50 abductees, has described her (and their) experiences in a new book to be published in October. Clancy, 36, likes most of these people. "They are definitely not crazy," she says. But they do have "a tendency to fantasize and to hold unusual beliefs and ideas. They believe not only in alien abductions, but also in things like UFOs, ESP, astrology, tarot, channeling, auras, and crystal therapy. They also have in common a rash of disturbing experiences for which they are seeking an explanation. For them, alien abduction is the best fit."
Some individuals consult psychiatrists or psychologists who hypnotize them to recover presumably repressed memories that lie behind the strange events. During such sessions, a person may recover false memories of being transported up into spacecraft where they were subjected to medical and sexual experiments. Psychological interviews and tests conducted on the abductees reveal little evidence of mental illness, but they enjoy a rich fantasy life. When they listen to music or watch movies they often imagine they are somewhere else or part of the movie plot. The typical abductee, notes McNally, "has a longstanding interest in 'New Age' practices and beliefs such as reincarnation, astral projection, mental telepathy, alternative healing practices, energy therapies, and astrology." He and his colleagues conclude, "a combination of pre-existing New Age beliefs, episodes of sleep paralysis, accompanied by hallucinations and hypnotic memory recovery may foster beliefs and memories that one has been abducted by space aliens."
Originally posted by Picollo30
Although in believe in UFOS and EBES, the idea of beings travelling millions of light years just to treat us as guinea pigs just doesn't add up.If these beings are super intelligent and technologically advanced in ways we can't comprehend, their morals should have accompanied their evolution. What would an evolved species gain with making our lifes a living hell?
I tend to believe many abductions are just hypnagogic hallucinations caused by SP. Although SP is a mistery on it's own and needs to be further studied.edit on 6-4-2013 by Picollo30 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by spiritualarchitect
reply to post by Picollo30
Of course people are being abducted. Worse than that, many are not being returned. In the US, 300,000 people a year go missing. Do you think that is all due to perverts and murderers?