Evidence: We are not alone (Introduction)

by dhw, Friday, January 02, 2015, 13:31 (3401 days ago) @ BBella

BBella: There is no way for me to explain the vast evidence of older more advanced civilizations that we have here on Earth or the evidence of very old artifacts that lend to the idea that this advanced civilization may have created us. But I can state a few personal experiences of how I came to believe in their possibility. Not that I am trying to convince anyone, since I cannot say 100% this possibility is fact and so would not want to convince anyone for even the slight possibility I am wrong. I believe the Truth for each of us will always be personal and will always fit our own experiences within each of our lives and is the way it should be and is the way it is.-This is another wonderful post, and I can only thank you for offering us these first-hand experiences. For me they represent a vast area of existence which science cannot cope with, and they reinforce the case for open-mindedness in relation to all the major questions we discuss on this forum. I agree that the truth will remain personal, unless there is some kind of life after death in which objective reality is revealed to us, and that is all the more reason why we should respect the views of others even if we can't share them. I find it quite humbling that although you are fully aware of the scepticism these experiences would encounter in some circles (both theistic and atheistic), you are not only willing to share them, but you never try to convince us that they form a particular pattern.
 
You go on to say that beforehand, you were a fully committed Christian, but although Tony can discern common features with certain tales in the Bible, there does not seem to be any relation between what happened to you and the biblical God and Christ. Experience of the oneness of things is common to many of us, irrespective of religion and philosophy, and during the four years I spent in Ghana, I was also deeply aware of a kind of spirituality that transcends our normal understanding of the world, though it had nothing to do with our western religions. As Hamlet says so wisely, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Thank you again for giving us this glimpse of what might possibly be out there.