Originally Posted by
foreigneRS
the mind controls the rest of the body, so it is easy to believe in sensations that are not real - like people that get feelings in a hand that was cut off years before or whatever
but smoking shit has possibly done something bad to your brain

sorry mate but the bathroom thing happened when i was 6-9 years old, then we moved. I defo wernt into smoking that shit after a hard days work at primary school
and i dont do it now, left those days behind in my teens. So how does this explain my more recent things. like the man in the road, which me and my wife (a pre non believer) both saw!!!
i agree stuff like ur phantom limb syndrome shows how the mind can trick you. but im sorry, theres some stuff you cant use your deductive reasoning to explain.
my point here is, the visual and audio experiences told here in this thread can be categorised as subjective, and you will either "believe" or use the laws of science to justifiy the situation.
but when it comes to physical stuff, im sorry mate but this is not subjective. how about mrjenrst and the bang's or maria with her bedroom or me with my cartlodge lock or being shoved in the back or the spanners moving.
ok again some things can be reasoned, such as vibrations or electrical charges, or the wind etc. but some of the stuff ive witnesed and others have described there is no way its a "trick of the mind" nor can it be justified buy scientific evidence.
the biggest problem with all this is the only way to accuire solid evidence is to used modern scientific equipment. sort of a contradiction in terms i guess. So all that we can use is our own personal witness experiences.
basically you either believe of you dont. and thats all you can do i guess.