Message #208342

[Qoais]

Actually, Jennifer, I agree with you,   but I've taken such a s_it kicking in other forums when I don't back up what I say with valid research that I'm careful now.  What one "believes" is not allowed as factual proof of anything!!  Personally, I believe in a lot of things that are considered "fringe", but so what?  It's mine to believe, or not, and inside of me I just feel that what I believe is correct.  

I believe we have a super-conscious that operates when we are asleep and I believe in astral travel.  I believe the Tibetan monks have worked for centuries enlightening themselves with knowledge that is gained through the method of astral travel, and/or group consciousness or whatever one wants to call it.  I don't think that everything has to be scientifically proven before I accept it to be real and valid.  

There are things in this world, that I don't think can be explained in the orthodox fashion, or perhaps I could say that to me, orthodoxy is not always right.  In another forum, I was being given a really bad time because I was not accepting the theory of evolution as it was being explained to me.  These people were scientists, and got terribly upset when I said it wasn't logical to me, and that there had to be something more to it.  Well, I came across an article that just about made me cry with happiness, because after all that crap, it turns out I had every right to listen to my inner voice, super-conscious, or whatever.  It's an article about Horizontal Gene Transfer.  Now that may sound boring to some, but when you're looking for the beginnings of life and you go up against the big boys who are entrenched in the old orthodox ideas, you have to be prepared.  I just wish I would have found the article sooner.  http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527441.500-horizontal-and-vertical-the-evolution-of-evolution.html?full=true

It turns out evolution is not how they were trying to force feed me it was even though I'm sure they knew about this Horizontal Gene Transfer all the while, since it was discovered by the same eminent dude who discovered the Archaea (in biology).  

I do admire people like Collins who have the brains AND the money, that allows them to research their interests in real time.  No, the discovery of Atlantis would definitely not have to be done by an accredited person.   More fun if they're just an average Joe anyway.  I'd love to see it happen, and we could thumb our noses at the orthodox stiff necks.