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I think I understand your confusion. When I talk about things outside of our sphere of perception I am talking about natural as opposed to supernatural things. X-Rays exist within the natural world but outside of our casual perception for example. Also, while I concede that things outside of our ability to detect may and probably do exist, I do not think that human beings can get a real handle on what those things actually are. I am highly suspicious of people or organizations that claim to have an understanding of these things, their motivations, their desires or requirements of human beings, and so forth, much less having any surety of their existence. I don't think Mike ever claimed much more than having experienced whatever happened to him. Also, I think I may have failed to communicate the whole problem of defining supernatural gods, gods that require our worship, etc., and how that makes discussing , that is communicating such things so difficult.

<blockquote data-quote="trainedobserver" data-source="post: 129522" data-attributes="member: 2192">I think I understand your confusion. When I talk about things outside of our sphere of perception I am talking about natural as opposed to supernatural things. X-Rays exist within the natural world but outside of our casual perception for example. Also, while I concede that things outside of our ability to detect may and probably do exist, I do not think that human beings can get a real handle on what those things actually are. I am highly suspicious of people or organizations that claim to have an understanding of these things, their motivations, their desires or requirements of human beings, and so forth, much less having any surety of their existence. I don&#039;t think Mike ever claimed much more than having experienced whatever happened to him. Also, I think I may have failed to communicate the whole problem of defining supernatural gods, gods that require our worship, etc., and how that makes discussing , that is communicating such things so difficult.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trainedobserver, post: 129522, member: 2192"] I think I understand your confusion. When I talk about things outside of our sphere of perception I am talking about natural as opposed to [I]supernatural things.[/I] X-Rays exist within the natural world but outside of our casual perception for example. Also, while I concede that things outside of our ability to detect may and probably do exist, I do not think that human beings can get a real handle on what those things actually are. I am highly suspicious of people or organizations that claim to have an understanding of these things, their motivations, their desires or requirements of human beings, and so forth, much less having any surety of their existence. I don't think Mike ever claimed much more than having experienced whatever happened to him. Also, I think I may have failed to communicate the whole problem of defining supernatural gods, gods that require our worship, etc., and how that makes discussing , that is communicating such things so difficult. [/QUOTE]

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