Have you ever had a run in with someone that was so closed to the idea of the paranormal; it almost felt like that walked around with blinders on?
I know how this feels because my significant other is so closed to the idea of the paranormal that some of the explanations he comes up with or more bizarre than a paranormal explanation. The experience is extremely frustrating to say the least.
Having an open mind and being skeptical is a must, as there are a lot of things that can appear to be paranormal in nature but still have a natural explanation, but there are still many things that are not easily explained away.
Someone with a closed mind just cannot grasp this, so they are not just skeptical, they close their mind completely. They absolutely refuse to accept any type of paranormal explanation, no matter how much sense it makes.
So how do you deal with this? The fact is you really can’t do anything to change someone’s mind about this. They either have to experience something so extraordinary that they have no choice but to take a second look at their beliefs, or they will never believe. Sadly, often even when they do experience something like this, they will explain it away, no matter what it takes, or how ridiculous the explanation is.
Unfortunately, the very nature of the paranormal makes it nearly impossible to prove and so if you believe or not is up to you.
Though it probably will do no good, the next time a skeptic gives you a bad time about what you believe, here are some things you can combat the argument with.
Some of the common explanations for the paranormal include,
Alien Abduction: Sleep paralysis seems to be the most frequent explanation for this phenomenon, and to be fair it probably does account for a great many of these occurrences, but there’s only one problem. A large number of them do not occur while the person is asleep, and many are not even in bed. Of course there are always those abduction cases where more than one person is involved. The sleep paralysis argument just doesn’t fly, at least not with a large percentage of cases.
The Near Death Experience: The common explanation for this is that the whole experience is a chemical reaction in the brain, a reaction to the dying process. The problem with this explanation is that there are some cases where the person who experiences the NDE, has no heartbeat, or brain waves. In other words, the whole body I completely dead, including the brain, there is no function. If there is no brain function, there can be no experience, no memory, no anything. But still, during the time there is no heartbeat or brain activity, the person is still seeing what’s happening in the room. The only possible way this could happen is if they are outside of their body, and their memories and consciousness exists separate from the brain.
If these provable cases are similar to others, how can you be sure that they are not all real?
Ghosts: Refer to the information on NDE. If someone is experiencing something outside of their body when they are clinically dead, including having no brain waves, then they are a ghost, and if they are a ghost, why couldn’t those who do not return be ghosts as well?
This is aside from the countless witnesses of apparitions or the presence of invisible entities. This is something I have encountered first hand so I know this is real, but if someone has never experienced this directly it’s easy to see how they would be skeptical. I would be if I hadn’t have witnessed it with my own eyes.
If you do your research, for many aspects of the paranormal, you can counter the “logical explanations”
What it really comes down to is that as long as you know, that’s what counts. You are fortunately to have an insight into a reality that others simply can’t see, and in a sense this is a gift. Keep that in mind whenever a skeptic begins telling you how foolish your beliefs are.
