Could unseen "beings" exist apart from god? I am agnostic atheist, I grew up christian. I can deny the existence of god but I can't deny the existence of the paranormal because I have had too many experiences with it to write it off as rubbish.
Here's a small list of what I've encountered:
-Heard my named called out repeatedly when NO ONE was around
-Tapping and buzzing sounds in both NEW and older appliances
-TV flipping channels by itself
-Lights going on and off
-Odd smells: cigar smoke smell (no one smokes in my house), rotting dead smell (no dead animals or dead people around lol), smell of oranges (no oranges in the house- no orange scented air fresheners)
-Feeling something (the size and weight of a human) crawling on my bed and SEEING THE SHEETS MOVE along with it
-Objects being moved from room to room (clothes, books, plants, etc and no one was in the house at the time except me)
-One day I was folding laundry and I heard an audible voice clearly say LEAVE NOW. My dog went running out the room and I was shaking and startled. I actually thought someone had broken into the house but no one was there.
-The most frightening thing that ever happened was actually feeling an entity pushing me off my bed on to the floor. The entity, or whatever you wanna call it... was very strong and I could sense it was not friendly.
My christian friends tell me this is demonic activity and I should accept jesus before it's too late. Well, I do not believe in jesus but I do want to know what is causing these things to happen to me.
If you're an atheist and you experience something like this... what do you attribute these "supernatural" happenings to?
And for the record, I DON'T TAKE DRUGS. I'M NOT CRAZY. AND NO, IT'S NOT ALL IN MY HEAD.
LOL
JohnyLemon, lol, I hear you. If I write a short question ppl tell me to be more specific. If I write a long question ppl complain about that too. I can't win!
I'M REALLY ENJOYING READING ALL YOUR ANSWERS BUT I HAVE TO SAY I DIDN'T REALIZE some ATHEISTS WERE SO CLOSED MINDED.
Here's a small list of what I've encountered:
-Heard my named called out repeatedly when NO ONE was around
-Tapping and buzzing sounds in both NEW and older appliances
-TV flipping channels by itself
-Lights going on and off
-Odd smells: cigar smoke smell (no one smokes in my house), rotting dead smell (no dead animals or dead people around lol), smell of oranges (no oranges in the house- no orange scented air fresheners)
-Feeling something (the size and weight of a human) crawling on my bed and SEEING THE SHEETS MOVE along with it
-Objects being moved from room to room (clothes, books, plants, etc and no one was in the house at the time except me)
-One day I was folding laundry and I heard an audible voice clearly say LEAVE NOW. My dog went running out the room and I was shaking and startled. I actually thought someone had broken into the house but no one was there.
-The most frightening thing that ever happened was actually feeling an entity pushing me off my bed on to the floor. The entity, or whatever you wanna call it... was very strong and I could sense it was not friendly.
My christian friends tell me this is demonic activity and I should accept jesus before it's too late. Well, I do not believe in jesus but I do want to know what is causing these things to happen to me.
If you're an atheist and you experience something like this... what do you attribute these "supernatural" happenings to?
And for the record, I DON'T TAKE DRUGS. I'M NOT CRAZY. AND NO, IT'S NOT ALL IN MY HEAD.
LOL
JohnyLemon, lol, I hear you. If I write a short question ppl tell me to be more specific. If I write a long question ppl complain about that too. I can't win!
I'M REALLY ENJOYING READING ALL YOUR ANSWERS BUT I HAVE TO SAY I DIDN'T REALIZE some ATHEISTS WERE SO CLOSED MINDED.