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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hex08" data-source="post: 8802680" data-attributes="member: 7029595">When I was younger I had what I considered, at the time, to be supernatural or paranormal experiences. I was good friends with some kids who thought their house was haunted and the whole family generally believed in all kinds of supernatural phenomenon and as a child it was easy to get sucked in. Couple that with things I experienced on my own I certainly believed. As I have gotten older I found much of what I experienced had rational explanations. Now I don't believe in anything supernatural. Just because I can't explain something doesn't mean there is a paranormal reason for it happening and since I am not an expert in everything I don't assume I should always know why something happens. If I can't explain it there is a fair chance there is an expert who can and if there isn't yet an explanation it just means we haven't yet found it yet.There are some great books that are helpful in understanding why people believe some of the things we do:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17349.The_Demon_Haunted_World" target="_blank">The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89281.Why_People_Believe_Weird_Things?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=3ZjHkrtkMT&rank=1" target="_blank">Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38485991-the-skeptics-guide-to-the-universe?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rClt4Vogzv&rank=2" target="_blank">The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe by Steven Novella</a></blockquote>

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