But, Steven, the experience is important. It is either real or it
isn't. If it is real, it means the earth has been and is being
influenced by intelligent beings from another planet for a long time,
with all that this implies. If the experience is not real, it means
that we cannot trust our eyes, our memory or even radar to correctly
determine reality. It means that hundreds of thousands of people have
been deceived by very clever hoaxes and we cannot believe anything a
person claims to have personally experienced without physical proof,
and all that this conclusion implies.
If claims about the general UFO phenomenon are based on a real
experience, then we can start to evaluate the details to determine the
nature of this reality. Of course, people with imagination will
suggest all kinds of explanations. The number of crazy ideas should
not distract serious investigators from seeing the most obvious
conclusion, i.e. that life has evolved on many planets and some of
this life is more advanced than we are, probably because they started
earlier in the history of the universe. They are now able to visit
other planets and have done this for centuries. We just have to
accept the idea that humans are not the top of the line life form and
we are not in God's image, at least on the surface.
Ed
On Jul 30, 2009, at 11:52 AM, OrionWorks wrote:
From: Edmund Storms
I have no idea what you mean Steven when you say
"The experience IS what it IS."
It was my somewhat crude attempt to suggest that such experiences not
be judged. They are what they are. "Judging" such experiences as
either authentic or false messages from aliens or god, in a sense,
only makes us go around in circles as we argue incessantly over who
might be behind the curtain that Toto sees. I'm trying to suggest that
the experience itself, in whatever costumes and theatre it's currently
playing in, may matter more than the endless speculation over whom the
actors might be portraying the characters. The version will change
with the times, with the culture.
Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
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