Posts by GromitSK

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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment

by finallysomepride in

ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.

GromitSK

Caedes - Proof is not a word I have used, evidence is what I have made reference to. Forming an informed opinion requires an analysis of at least some of the mass of evidence collected over the last 150 years or so. I have reached the conclusion that absolute proof must include direct personal experience. I don't think any amount of reading or research should be able to convince a reasonable person completely of the fact of survival. I would say though that in my opinion it is impossible for a reasonable, open-minded person to dismiss the possibility of survival having read even the limited works I have suggested earlier in the thread.

As an aside Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir William Barratt were the foremost physicists of their day do some reading for God's sake. In answer to your comment: no, you don't have to examine the research as I said already. Why would I expect you to do research for me when I have done it already - your comment makes no sense to me. You on the other hand are however currently speaking from ignorance. Frankly why should I care? As I said I have no interest in persuading you. Merely correcting your misleading statements by referring to the voluminous research on the subject of which you appear to have read absolutely nothing. If you were really interested you would examine the evidence and do some research but you're not, so engaging with you is a waste of time. There may be other people who are actually prepared to get off their ass and read about the subject - if you don't want to then it is of no interest to me. I cannot engage you in discussion when you have not and will not read the research.

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I am gay and Jehovah Witness

by yosisoy in

jw
friends

hello, i am jehovah witness and gay.

i am from puerto rico.

i would like to know how hard is to leave the organization.

GromitSK

It was really difficult when I was DFd. I had lost all of my friends and contacts when I became a JW and made new ones in the "The Truth" then I lost em all when I got booted. I couldn't discuss with my folks because they weren't witnesses anyway and no-one knew I was gay. I thought I'd never be happy and would be lonely and in the end J would destroy me. It looked bleak. Now I look back and laugh my cock off.

I can't guarantee you a happier life than anyone else but at least it will be real :)

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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment

by finallysomepride in

ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.

GromitSK

Caedes. I'd call Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir William Barratt credible scientists by any measure. You can read (or not) whatever you like but I think some people would find it rather odd that you dismiss their work without even reading it or because I won't chop it up into pieces and drop it in when your breathing in the right direction. Almost everything you take for granted is from personal testimony of one form or another unless you are telling us that you only believe things you see for yourself lol. A claim is of itself neither convincing nor unconvincing it depends who is saying it, the evidence available to support it and what research has been done to arrive at that conclusion.

The evidence is voluminous and I am not prepared to restate reams of research here, much of which requires careful consideration because you are too lazy or insufficiently interested to do some work and find out the basis of the statements. Frankly I don't care whether you read any of the research or not. If a person is genuinely interested in finding out more they will read a little more about it. If they aren't then I don't see it as my mission to ignite interest. Fact is that unless you are prepared to do some work you are arguing from ignorance and your insinuations are worthless. It's up to you.

@Mary - there have been controlled investigations carried out by reputable scientists in the past. I have mentioned a couple of references above but there are many many more. I was astonished by what I found with only a little research.

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Do you defrag?

by compound complex in

greetings, fellow pc:.

i just finished defragging and feel so much zippier now.

i was getting sluggish to the point that all my insides locked up.

GromitSK

It may be me but I cannot see why having a solid state drive will prevent storage fragmentation.

In my experience fragmentation becomes more of a problem when the disk is more than 90% full and the amount of RAM is low as the processor struggles to find sufficient space to page and swap. A fixed pre-allocated page file always seemed a good idea to me especially if it was much bigger than the physical RAM. Blimey this has taken me right back to the beginning of my career in IT lol.

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European Court: No Crucifixes in Italian Schools

by behemot in

jw
friends

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/03/world/ap-eu-italy-religious-symbols.html?_r=1.

your opinion?.

GromitSK

I don't think crucifixes in schools are a good idea. What's wrong with a cane or detention?

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Need Help!

by CandleSurgeon in

i got this message on youtube and i am trying to think of the best way to respond to this person to possibly help them.

any suggestions?.

absoulutly sensational .. you traded in eternal life for the pleasure of carving a pumpkin in late october.

GromitSK

What ATJ said :)

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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment

by finallysomepride in

ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.

GromitSK

Ah! Thanks FF :)

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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment

by finallysomepride in

ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.

GromitSK

Hi Spook

As far as evidence is concerned there is a great deal recorded. The type of evidence needed to convince us on a personal level seems to me to vary from individual to individual. I intend no disrespect by saying that just because your own investigations have been fruitless doesn't mean the experiences of others are not valid does it?. I refer you to the vast body of evidence gathered over the last 150 years by eminent scientists.

Who is OP by the way?

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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment

by finallysomepride in

ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.

GromitSK

Hi Daniel

I wasn't trying to suggest you had made any accusations . As far as the people you have met claiming such experiences - well you can only go off what you have experienced. I am sure you would accept that your experiences may not be typical. I have met flaky people and people of apparently perfectly sound presence of mind who have recounted astonishing experiences. I think it is very difficult, if not impossible, to reach certainty about survival purely based on the testimony of others no matter how eminent. Personally I need to see it for myself.

Some people do seem to have frightening experiences but as far as I can see most have very positive experiences. It appears to depend on how the experience is acquired.

To determine the range of others' experiences I found it quite an eye-opener to find out how much evidence has been accumulated by reputable people. If I talk to people who are interested, I recommend "Is There An Afterlife" by David Fontana as a general overview of some of the evidence, it is quite comprehensive and will give the newcomer some idea of the breadth of phenomena and the quality of the evidence available - I am not suggesting it will enable a person to "know", but it will give food for thought to the open-minded. I also suggest reading the autobiography of Leslie Flint ("Voices in the Dark") a medium who died in 1994. I know at least one person who sat with him many times and whom I believe to be honest and of sound mind. There is also quite a lot of information on-line about him www.leslieflint.com . His story has the ring of truth to me and he was independently tested on a number of occasions. Once a person has at least a cursory understanding of the types of phenomena and evidence available it is easier to have an informed disussion.

Hope this helps.

Apologies if I am telling you what you already know.

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There's A Ghost At My Place Of Employment

by finallysomepride in

ok some of you will laugh at this, but it's true, there is a spirit that haunts the premises where i work.. it has spoken to me once when i was locking up, it was 1 single word "hello", i looked around and saw nothing, i ignored it, set the alarm locked the door & went home.

other times i have felt something brush passed me as i have entered the building early in the morning.

the experience that got to me most happened the other nite when i was called back to the store by security, as i pulled into the drive way there was a man standing at the rear of the building, in the split second of looking away he dissapeared, there's no way that he could have run off the property in that split second.. what do you think?.

GromitSK

Can we just get back to the thread and maybe start this discussion again for those of us who may be interested in pursuing the conversation? If you're not and think it's baloney that's fine but there has been a great deal of research as I mentioned above. I think a position of scepticism is reasonable. It would be easier to discuss this topic with those who are sceptical but open-minded after they have carried out some additional reading rather than just expressing opinions that may not be fully informed on the work that has been done on this subject in the past.

Surely no-one would expect a person simply to take the word of a stranger on such a matter. However suggesting that the person is mad, bad, fraudulent or mentally deficient in some way because their experience doesn't fit with our own isn't really helping.