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To: chessplayer
CS Lewis wrote of his dislike for the terms, "supernatural," "paranormal," and such, indicating they were expressions of human vanity, implying we had a complete and total understanding of all that is natural and normal when clearly, we do not. Lewis teased that most people consider God a, "supernatural," being, and yet, as the Creator of all things, nothing could be more, "natural," than God.

I had my own experience while a student at Gettysburg College which really shook me up, and to this day, a quarter of a century later, the hair on my arms still stands up when I think about it. I spoke with a philosophy professor on campus, a former Jesuit who had a background in parapsychology. One of his pet theories was that just as some people seem to have flashes of precognitive insight (i.e. seeing events before they happen), others may have brief flashes of post-cognitive visions, or seeing events that unfolded in the past, which may account for some ghost sightings.

58 posted on 09/06/2014 4:45:25 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack; chessplayer

One of his pet theories was that just as some people seem to have flashes of precognitive insight (i.e. seeing events before they happen), others may have brief flashes of post-cognitive visions, or seeing events that unfolded in the past, which may account for some ghost sightings.


I heard a theory that claims in some instances events might be “recorded” and “played back” under the right circumstances.


67 posted on 09/06/2014 6:47:44 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Will you be so kind as to share that experience, either here or in FReepmail?

Another point ... the word "super-natural" doesn't remove naturalness from the subject, it attributes "super" quantities of naturalness to the subject.

99 posted on 09/06/2014 12:29:51 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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