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<blockquote data-quote="simmias" data-source="post: 1096960" data-attributes="member: 3554"><p>This thread is starting to get philosophical, a decidedly good thing; I hope this post doesn't destroy that. Like many of you I am skeptical about the existence of a supernatural reality, but perhaps there is more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in our philosophy (or science). Here are three stories of perhaps five that I could relate for which I have no natural explanation:</p><p> </p><p>1. In 1976 my youngest brother, Justin, was about two years old. He ran very swiftly all over he house, but he fell down a lot. His falls were normally not too painful because we had deep shag carpet (hey, it was the 70s). One day my mother, a cook, my youngest brother and I were in the enormous cafeteria of the boy's home where my parents worked. The floors here were all tile, and there were lots of sharp edges on tables, chairs, and various appliances—a fall here might mean a trip to the hospital. My brother fell down almost immediately, or he began to fall, anyway. He fell forward till his falling body formed about a 15 degree angle with the floor. Then he stood right up. It looked sort of like Frodo falling into the Dead Marshes in The Two Towers, except my brother's forward motion was simply reversed. All present in the cafeteria witnessed the event. My brother had lots of language at two, so when my mother asked him what had happened, he said, "Grandpa caught me," referring to my mother's father who had recently died. My brother was the last of his grandchildren that my grandfather ever knew. To the best of my knowledge, my brother had not ever lied or exaggerated about anything at that age. In fact, he has been morally incapable of the both all his life.</p><p></p><p>2. One day in the spring of 1974--before the birth of my youngest brother and the death of my grandfather--I was staying with my grandparents while my mother was at work. My grandmother gave me a seed to plant anywhere I liked around the edge of the concrete slab of her carport. I cannot remember the kind of seed that it was--I was only four years old. I dug a little hole with a stick. (In retrospect this hole was way too shallow for anything to ever grow in it.) I made sure that there were no pieces of gravel in the hole, and I carefully placed the seed inside. I then replaced the dirt that I had dug out. I began to tap it down when a plant shot straight up between my fingers. Its leaves opened before my very eyes. I was terrified at first, so I ran into the house to tell my grandmother, who I must report, did not believe my story. When I showed her the plant, she said it MUST have been there all along.</p><p></p><p>3. On May 26th of this year, my oldest daughter and I drove 14 hours from McAllen, Texas—where I teach philosophy—to Pawhuska, Oklahoma where my brothers live. It was the first time I had gone home without my wife and my youngest daughter. The week was the only week that I had off this summer, so I had to go then. Justin and I had a plan to record an EP together. We had each written two songs. One of mine was about someone run over by a car, and my other was about the how close my brothers and I are. My daughter was technically still in school in McAllen, so my wife called the school and told them a family emergency had arisen. (She didn't have to lie, but she did and did not know why.) I stopped in Norman, Oklahoma, and a friend of mine whom both Justin and I have known since childhood, decided to take off work for a week and go to Pawhuska with us. This was the first time he has ever been able to walk away for a week from the construction company that he owns. We took his motorhome and completed the last 3 hours of the journey. The first night in Pawhuska, one of my musical cousins, who is closest to us of all our cousins, called and agreed to come over the next day to participate in the recording sessions. He had never in the past been able to get together with Justin and I to record.</p><p>The following day tragedy struck: Justin was involved in a near fatal car crash on his way to work. (There is a picture on his band's website <a href="http://www.44reasons.com/whatsnew.html" target="_blank">www.44reasons.com/whatsnew.html</a>.) Many of the medical staff and the wrecker service personnel told us that it was a miracle that Justin survived. I agree with this assessment. Beyond that, the parallels that preceded the crash are just too odd for me to dismiss as mere coincidence. I won't go through them all, but just the fact that all the people closest to Justin were assembled for the first time in a score of years is passing strange. We even had a place to hang out (my friend's motorhome) in the parking lot of the hospital!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have come to think that many skeptics claim to know more than they actually do. Science is not complete, and it has not yet come to grips with the fact that certain events are unrepeatable. Perhaps it is best not to view such events as supernatural but as unexplained parts of the natural world. I don't think any of these stories necessarily denies the laws of physics in its final form, should such a thing ever be possible or exist. But some of those laws may not yet be known, some of our current laws may need to be modified or abandoned, and perhaps our conception of a physical law is also inadequate in some respects…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simmias, post: 1096960, member: 3554"] This thread is starting to get philosophical, a decidedly good thing; I hope this post doesn't destroy that. Like many of you I am skeptical about the existence of a supernatural reality, but perhaps there is more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in our philosophy (or science). Here are three stories of perhaps five that I could relate for which I have no natural explanation: 1. In 1976 my youngest brother, Justin, was about two years old. He ran very swiftly all over he house, but he fell down a lot. His falls were normally not too painful because we had deep shag carpet (hey, it was the 70s). One day my mother, a cook, my youngest brother and I were in the enormous cafeteria of the boy's home where my parents worked. The floors here were all tile, and there were lots of sharp edges on tables, chairs, and various appliances—a fall here might mean a trip to the hospital. My brother fell down almost immediately, or he began to fall, anyway. He fell forward till his falling body formed about a 15 degree angle with the floor. Then he stood right up. It looked sort of like Frodo falling into the Dead Marshes in The Two Towers, except my brother's forward motion was simply reversed. All present in the cafeteria witnessed the event. My brother had lots of language at two, so when my mother asked him what had happened, he said, "Grandpa caught me," referring to my mother's father who had recently died. My brother was the last of his grandchildren that my grandfather ever knew. To the best of my knowledge, my brother had not ever lied or exaggerated about anything at that age. In fact, he has been morally incapable of the both all his life. 2. One day in the spring of 1974--before the birth of my youngest brother and the death of my grandfather--I was staying with my grandparents while my mother was at work. My grandmother gave me a seed to plant anywhere I liked around the edge of the concrete slab of her carport. I cannot remember the kind of seed that it was--I was only four years old. I dug a little hole with a stick. (In retrospect this hole was way too shallow for anything to ever grow in it.) I made sure that there were no pieces of gravel in the hole, and I carefully placed the seed inside. I then replaced the dirt that I had dug out. I began to tap it down when a plant shot straight up between my fingers. Its leaves opened before my very eyes. I was terrified at first, so I ran into the house to tell my grandmother, who I must report, did not believe my story. When I showed her the plant, she said it MUST have been there all along. 3. On May 26th of this year, my oldest daughter and I drove 14 hours from McAllen, Texas—where I teach philosophy—to Pawhuska, Oklahoma where my brothers live. It was the first time I had gone home without my wife and my youngest daughter. The week was the only week that I had off this summer, so I had to go then. Justin and I had a plan to record an EP together. We had each written two songs. One of mine was about someone run over by a car, and my other was about the how close my brothers and I are. My daughter was technically still in school in McAllen, so my wife called the school and told them a family emergency had arisen. (She didn't have to lie, but she did and did not know why.) I stopped in Norman, Oklahoma, and a friend of mine whom both Justin and I have known since childhood, decided to take off work for a week and go to Pawhuska with us. This was the first time he has ever been able to walk away for a week from the construction company that he owns. We took his motorhome and completed the last 3 hours of the journey. The first night in Pawhuska, one of my musical cousins, who is closest to us of all our cousins, called and agreed to come over the next day to participate in the recording sessions. He had never in the past been able to get together with Justin and I to record. The following day tragedy struck: Justin was involved in a near fatal car crash on his way to work. (There is a picture on his band's website [url]www.44reasons.com/whatsnew.html[/url].) Many of the medical staff and the wrecker service personnel told us that it was a miracle that Justin survived. I agree with this assessment. Beyond that, the parallels that preceded the crash are just too odd for me to dismiss as mere coincidence. I won't go through them all, but just the fact that all the people closest to Justin were assembled for the first time in a score of years is passing strange. We even had a place to hang out (my friend's motorhome) in the parking lot of the hospital! I have come to think that many skeptics claim to know more than they actually do. Science is not complete, and it has not yet come to grips with the fact that certain events are unrepeatable. Perhaps it is best not to view such events as supernatural but as unexplained parts of the natural world. I don't think any of these stories necessarily denies the laws of physics in its final form, should such a thing ever be possible or exist. But some of those laws may not yet be known, some of our current laws may need to be modified or abandoned, and perhaps our conception of a physical law is also inadequate in some respects… [/QUOTE]
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