Paranormal sub-forum sucks

[The Hammer]

Any time someone posts something here, people jump down their throat trying to prove them wrong, or explain how they are incorrect in their paranormal beliefs, or just dismissing them outright.

No wonder this area is often dead.

 

[RabbiO]

Any time someone posts something here, people jump down their throat trying to prove them wrong, or explain how they are incorrect in their paranormal beliefs, or just dismissing them outright.

I think you might find that others feel the same way about other subforums on the forum.

 

[The Hammer]

I think you might find that others feel the same way about other subforums on the forum.

This area is particularly off putting it seems.

Arguments/disagreements in debate sections are expected. And while this isn't a "discussion" forum per se; it's not a debate forum either.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Ridiculing Other Members in the Paranormal Forum and Others Like It

If you find argumentative posts in this sub-forum, reporting them could be helpful to the staff. We don't see everything that gets posted on the forums, but debate and mocking are not allowed in this forum section.

 

[The Hammer]

Ridiculing Other Members in the Paranormal Forum and Others Like It

If you find argumentative posts in this sub-forum, reporting them could be helpful to the staff. We don't see everything that gets posted on the forums, but debate and mocking are not allowed in this forum section.

I try. And yeah, I've read this. Thank you.

 

[Orbit]

I never noticed this subforum until your post about it.

 

[danieldemol]

I think this sub-forum needs to be like a DIR where people who dont select to be part of it can't post, otherwise it is too easy to not notice it is in paranormal sub-forum and start debating.

In my opinion.

 

[Suave]

Any time someone posts something here, people jump down their throat trying to prove them wrong, or explain how they are incorrect in their paranormal beliefs, or just dismissing them outright.

No wonder this area is often dead.

If we are living in a simulated universe, then I suppose the simulator ( a.k.a. God) could very well alter or disrupt the normal laws typically governing our Matrix. Hence, I don't dismiss the possibility of paranormal phenomenon happening in our simulated universe. By the way, as a follower of simulated based religion, I am pretty stoked about the upcoming film, the Matrix Resurrections.. Are you planning to watch this film?

 

[Twilight Hue]

I think it's because there is so much fraud in paranormal topics with very little to go on to make a paranormal talk or discussion even worthwhile.

People can't be expected to accept willy nilly those things purported to be paranormal when it just isn't.

However I find people's accounts of the paranormal interesting and that ought to be respected in that regard.

 

[Suave]

I think it's because there is so much fraud in paranormal topics with very little to go on to make a paranormal talk or discussion even worthwhile.

People can't be expected to accept willy nilly those things purported to be paranormal when it just isn't.

However I find people's accounts of the paranormal interesting and that ought to be respected in that regard.

I would not consider Matrix glitches to be paranormal, because they could be considered as reality based programmed events.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Any time someone posts something here, people jump down their throat trying to prove them wrong, or explain how they are incorrect in their paranormal beliefs, or just dismissing them outright.

No wonder this area is often dead.

I feel the same as you do, The Hammer, but it's not as bad as what I have seen, and experienced firsthand, online elsewhere. I'm accustomed to other people online trying to prove me wrong or even telling me they won't believe me, or sometimes I get nothing but dead silence. But I've never been on an discussion forum, similar to RF, that even has a paranormal sub-forum, so I think this site is unique in that respect. I was surprised to see it when I first joined. I'm more free on RF to talk about my personal experiences with the paranormal, and also reveal that I'm clairvoyant. If I tried to share these things about myself on other boards, I was met with ridicule, and accusations of being demon possessed or I'm out of my mind. Honestly, I expect a bit of opposition whenever I share my stories of the paranormal, because not everyone believes in it. I don't mind skeptics, as long as they don't ridicule me.

 

[exchemist]

Agree with some other posters on this. Many people (including me) have little or no time for most paranormal stuff, consider it naive at best or fraudulent at worst and will seek to debunk it.

If the forum considers it needs to be protected from criticism, the DIR mechanism would seem to have some merit.

Of course it could be a dead sub-forum because, er, paranormal stuff is mostly bunk.........

 

[Kooky]

Perhaps this would be helped if half the threads there didn't begin with the question "Is X real?"

If this is a subforum where everyone is supposed to accept any and all supernatural phenomena as real and factual, then what's the point of even asking whether they're real to begin with?

 

[F1fan]

Any time someone posts something here, people jump down their throat trying to prove them wrong, or explain how they are incorrect in their paranormal beliefs, or just dismissing them outright.

No wonder this area is often dead.

It needs better spirits.

 

[Wu Wei]

Perhaps this would be helped if half the threads there didn't begin with the question "Is X real?"

If this is a subforum where everyone is supposed to accept any and all supernatural phenomena as real and factual, then what's the point of even asking whether they're real to begin with?

Because some folks may be unsure and looking for answers.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

It needs better spirits.

I see what you did there, and I’m dead serious.

 

[Kooky]

Because some folks may be unsure and looking for answers.

But the only answer allowed in this forum is "yes, X is real" so there is no point in asking.

 

[Wu Wei]

Because some folks may be unsure and looking for answers.

Is that an actual rule? Is discussion and debate not allowed?

 

[Samael_Khan]

Any time someone posts something here, people jump down their throat trying to prove them wrong, or explain how they are incorrect in their paranormal beliefs, or just dismissing them outright.

No wonder this area is often dead.

Maybe it is the framing of the OPs that might change then nature of the responses for the better?

Not sure how this can be done, but something like discussing the origins and lore behind the paranormal could be discussed, instead of attracting scorn by asking if the paranormal is real or not. Trying to prove these things will also draw scorn. Make it into a more intellectual discussion.

 

[Sedim Haba]

I think this sub-forum needs to be like a DIR where people who dont select to be part of it can't post, otherwise it is too easy to not notice it is in paranormal sub-forum and start debating.

In my opinion.

Ya, I'd go for that.

Couldn't be any deader than my DIR, which is so dead I think you'd need a seance to read it.

Maybe I'll make a thread here. I'm pretty much ignored everywhere else I post, maybe I'm a ghost.