Paranormal activities/divine intervention spooky stuff MEGATHREAD

[heyismeman]

Have you ever seen something that you cannot explain/or maybe you can explain, well, explain it. Possessions/encounters all of the above

 

[ForeverCaHa]

I remember once I went with some family members to a nearby forest at around midnight which is said to be haunted by the Grey Lady (a woman who drowned herself after her lover failed to meet her on the evening they had planned to elope). I swear something scratched the back of my head. It was probably just a low hanging tree branch, but I prefer to believe it was a ghosty

 

[Darkover]

Divine intervention is the idea that a god or higher power directly influences events in the world. It usually refers to miraculous or unexpected occurrences that change a situation in a way that seems beyond human control. People who believe in divine intervention see it as a sign of a god's will, protection, or response to prayers.

A person surviving a disaster against all odds.
A sudden recovery from a terminal illness with no medical explanation.
An unexpected event that dramatically changes someone's life for the better.

from a naturalistic perspective, everything is just down to chance, cause and effect, and probabilities. What seems like divine intervention could just be an extremely unlikely event that happened by coincidence. People tend to see patterns and meaning in randomness, which is why some interpret rare or fortunate events as supernatural.

people believe in divine intervention because it gives them comfort, and it's just wishful thinking

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Not to be a hater, but I don't get why people are so quick to point to things like divine intervention and the paranormal whenever something that they currently are unable to explain happens. I can understand children doing it since they don't know any better (hell I've done it before as a child). It's just when adults do it that gets to me. I feel like it makes more sense to assume that there is likely a rational explanation for these currently unexplainable events rather than just jumping on the "Scary Mary did it" train of thought. I mean, just look at the past and all the shit that people used to believe was the doing of the paranormal or God only for us to later find out that in reality there was a much more reasonable and boring explanation behind all these things all along.

Idk, I guess that I understand that we are all irrational in some capacity and that our brains' mission to try and grasp at anything to explain shit and create meaningful connections can lead us to make conclusions that aren't always the most logical. It's just that you would think that this type of thinking would die down a bit in adulthood, especially nowadays with how much we've advanced in areas, such as science.

I also can't help but wonder what factors go into why some people are more likely to either grow out of these beliefs or even not buy into them to begin with while others are more susceptible to this way of thinking.

Anyways, that enough of me rambling.

 

[Corvette90]

Have you ever seen something that you cannot explain/or maybe you can explain, well, explain it. Possessions/encounters all of the above

Very interested in reading people's experiences!

 

[divinemistress36]

Most people are Atheists here so you probably wont get to many answers here

 

[Corvette90]

I think it's good to be balanced about it but to keep an open mind. I have a few weird things that happened when my dad was dying (2008). I kind of feel silly to say them- cause they are not miracles or anything beautiful. You guys would probably laugh.

Also my mum had one particular cousin that was very spiritual. When I mean spiritual, it wasn't her identity or anything it was just natural. My mum experienced a few things while in her presence. One incident on a train, but I would totally butcher that story and they are both not here to ask .

Also I have been told quite a few stories by very rational people which does add to my curiosity. One person (my close friends partner) you would believe him to be a sceptic in his way of thinking. He is a humanist, very world traveled, very well read, knows alot about history and other cultures. Has strongly debated me when I told him I go to church etc. He had some unusual possibly unexplainable experiences when he was a boy and young man. One on the night his grandmother died (the family wasn't aware she was going to die). Ok she was a grandmother but she wasn't super old and was in good health. So it was definitely unexpected at the time.

I guess this topic will always be a mysterious with no concrete "evidence". It will always be debated. It doesn't help that there are some charlatans trying to make money off people that for whatever reason want to believe. And some of those shows that are obviously staged muddying the waters.

I believe it is ok to be sceptical about all this.
But like I said I also believe it's good to keep an open mind. I myself was always interested in this area and im not sure why. I actually was more sceptical as a kid than I am now.

 

[DOHARDTHINGS24]

I think an open mind is key. I do not believe in god or gods & cannot imagine how a rational person does. And yet they do (if we accept that they are rational...)
I think sometimes we see the things we need to see, to get by.
Losing people is hard.
I think a lot of people have very limited experience with death as well, that definitely skews things. If your only experience is a 106 year old grandpa dying in their sleep, what could you possibly know???
I accept that I have beliefs (not facts, no better or worse than anyone else's), that they have changed over time, that I've lost people & felt nothing unusual at all, others have had odd coincidences. I am always open to my beliefs being changed by more life experience (although, tbh, the last thing I need is more of that) & also by any facts that become actual proven facts. To me, anything more is arrogant, I just can't "know", & I personally have nothing to gain by pissing on other people's beliefs (exception being when god people come at me with too much god stuff when they know I'm atheist - if they're not respectful, occasionally I'm disrespectful back, I can get a bit arrogant then too, am only human )

 

[bananaolympus]

No, but i do believe in those stuff

 

[J&L383]

I remember once I went with some family members to a nearby forest at around midnight which is said to be haunted by the Grey Lady (a woman who drowned herself after her lover failed to meet her on the evening they had planned to elope). I swear something scratched the back of my head. It was probably just a low hanging tree branch, but I prefer to believe it was a ghosty

 

[Corvette90]

I think a lot of people have very limited experience with death as well, that definitely skews things. If your only experience is a 106 year old grandpa dying in their sleep, what could you possibly know???
I accept that I have beliefs (not facts, no better or worse than anyone else's), that they have changed over time, that I've lost people & felt nothing unusual at all, others have had odd coincidences. I am always open to my beliefs being changed by more life experience (although, tbh, the last thing I need is more of that) & also by any facts that become actual proven facts. To me, anything more is arrogant, I just can't "know", & I personally have nothing to gain by pissing on other people's beliefs (exception being when god people come at me with too much god stuff when they know I'm atheist - if they're not respectful, occasionally I'm disrespectful back, I can get a bit arrogant then too, am only human )

Hey @DOHARDTHINGS24 I really appreciate that you are respectful to us believers. I myself was brought up by an adamant atheist (although mum was lapsed Catholic). Never had a christening/baptism. Never went sunday school or church. And I always felt agnostic. Anyway it's cool you are opening minded. I may go to church but in my heart I am not sure I won't have my doubts. Organised religion is different from supernatural experiences though. But I do agree with you in that I dislike when people push things on people. ✌

 

[DOHARDTHINGS24]

Hey @DOHARDTHINGS24 I really appreciate that you are respectful to us believers. I myself was brought up by an adamant atheist (although mum was lapsed Catholic). Never had a christening/baptism. Never went sunday school or church. And I always felt agnostic. Anyway it's cool you are opening minded. I may go to church but in my heart I am not sure I won't have my doubts. Organised religion is different from supernatural experiences though. But I do agree with you in that I dislike when people push things on people. ✌

I'm gonna respectfully disagree. Organised religion is widely accepted, supernatural stuff is widely mocked. That is true.
But I think at the core, they're both about believing things that cannot be proved, that sound bonkers to other people.
Both are potentially cases of mass delusion.
Or both true. Or one true. Or both false.
I don't think it's any weirder to believe that a dead person visited you in a dream than it is to have an imaginary friend in the sky. As another user said upthread, wishful thinking...
I'll bow out now, let others get a chance to share.

 

[Corvette90]

I'm gonna respectfully disagree. Organised religion is widely accepted, supernatural stuff is widely mocked. That is true.
But I think at the core, they're both about believing things that cannot be proved, that sound bonkers to other people.
Both are potentially cases of mass delusion.
Or both true. Or one true. Or both false.
I don't think it's any weirder to believe that a dead person visited you in a dream than it is to have an imaginary friend in the sky. As another user said upthread, wishful thinking...
I'll bow out now, let others get a chance to share.

Organised religion is also mocked though (Monty Python, Piss Christ etc). Im in the uk though so i do appreciate americans take it more seriously. It was almost like coming out if the closets telling some of my friends I started going church. I do agree supernatural stuff is mocked, I think it's the media and charlatans don't help the case. So many shows with celebrities, cold reading etc. I'm bowing out to.

 

[pyranha]

i've never seen anything that i'd describe as possession or divine intervention- but i have seen things that i cannot explain. i can't get into the details too much, since it's identifying information considering that i've told these stories a lot- but basically i've seen shadow people. and i don't mean one or in the corner of my eye, but fully present shadow figures. here's the kicker: i wasn't the only one who saw them in that moment! it was a shared group experience.

i'm not a religious person, maybe god exists, maybe they don't- i don't particularly care because i wouldn't worship any deity anyhow. but i do believe there are things beyond our understanding in this world, and so 'ghost stories', so to speak, are very fun and interesting for me. i come from a culture where everyone has seen something, usually back in the home country, and i miss those types of comfortable, cozy discussions a lot.

outside of shadow figures, i've had several dreams in which i saw things before they ever happened in real life, and thus was able to warn/inform people about upcoming things. i've yet to be wrong, and i've grown to trust my instincts because of it.

there are a few other stories, but details on those are definitely too identifying. overall, though: i've seen, heard, and dreamt things that make me believe there's more out there. that doesn't mean i worship anything, or that i'm one of those people who use sage and crystals, but i do think there's life we can't comprehend beyond our three, known dimensions.

 

[Peter Skellern]

I've had some bizarre (divine intervention) experiences that are practically impossible to put down to coincidence. Well you could but the odds of suchlike would be astronomically humongous in themselves. While not particularly religious as such I do have an open mind to suchlike - which is the key phrase as many have pointed out.

 

[heyismeman]

Divine intervention is the idea that a god or higher power directly influences events in the world. It usually refers to miraculous or unexpected occurrences that change a situation in a way that seems beyond human control. People who believe in divine intervention see it as a sign of a god's will, protection, or response to prayers.

A person surviving a disaster against all odds.
A sudden recovery from a terminal illness with no medical explanation.
An unexpected event that dramatically changes someone's life for the better.

from a naturalistic perspective, everything is just down to chance, cause and effect, and probabilities. What seems like divine intervention could just be an extremely unlikely event that happened by coincidence. People tend to see patterns and meaning in randomness, which is why some interpret rare or fortunate events as supernatural.

people believe in divine intervention because it gives them comfort, and it's just wishful thinking

I've had some bizarre (divine intervention) experiences that are practically impossible to put down to coincidence. Well you could but the odds of suchlike would be astronomically humongous in themselves. While not particularly religious as such I do have an open mind to suchlike - which is the key phrase as many have pointed out.

Explain some pls

 

[Solace]

I've had lots of wild sleep paralysis induced lucid dream ("astral projection," "obe") experiences where they feel totally real, but haven't experienced anything more than weird synchronicities awake, unfortunately. Or maybe fortunately idk, that stuff is spooky lol. I lean pretty materialist but love hearing about this sort of thing. Cool thread idea!

I'll be especially interested if anyone has any strange NDE or reincarnation related stuff to share. I keep getting hung up on related stories while thinking about ctb.

 

[Peter Skellern]

Explain some pls

If you go back through my postings you'll find them readily enough. That's not being rude - you just will.

However here's one. Years ago when the internet was in its infancy I went on a site very popular back then in the UK - Friends Reunited. I looked up a few people and who should I find but my first GF - who I hadn't seen or talked to for some 16/17 years or so. We exchanged pleasantaries etc. a bit and that was that.

Now THE very next day (literally the very next day) I see her (literally there she is crossing a street with her kids me on the other side). Odds on that? Humongous. I've never set eyes on her again in 25 years.

Explain that one? Chance but as I said the odds? Someone or something "showing me something" maybe. I think. I chose a 'path' in life. I think that was someone/thing showing me the 'other path'. What might have been. I'm fine with my choice still.

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

I don't believe in divine intervention or anything like that but there are places and things which feel creepy and unsettling to me. Almost haunted, but not quite. I feel like it's probably some deeply ingrained primal instinct to feel perturbed by anything that feels decaying/dilapidated or abandoned. Empty malls and retail buildings give me this feeling. You know there's supposed to be signs of life in such places, but there aren't.

 

[easypeasy]

I've had many experiences. I'll share one for now…
I've mostly lived on my own. One night, I was woken up by someone shaking my shoulders. I leaned over to turn on the light and ONLY then did it stop. That same week, I also saw a dark shadow figure of a person. In the afternoon and it appeared just after I opened my eyes. I Immediately spoke out loud, walking around the house and said "i pay rent here, you are not allowed here. You are breaking all the universal laws. You are not welcome". I was genuinely angry. I ranted a bit. Also saying "In the name of Jesus Christ…..I forbid you to stay here. You must leave". It took a little bit more than that to get rid of it totally but I was guided by what I believe are my angel guides "of the most high" and that was 10 years ago. Nothing has happened since. I have more examples, though.

 

[Raven2]

I have more examples, though.

Will you share? It interests me this topic.

 

[Crow_88]

I have seen many things. But I don't talk about them publicly.

 

[Rose Mine]

I did an egg cleanse and this appeared. It was so creepy and idk how a yolk can form that. I thought it meant that people are watching me which made sense because I was at a bad point where people were trying to help me. They were watching my actions a lot.