Science and the Paranormal 12.49 Mb

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PARANORMAL
Experiences that lie outside the
range of normal experience or
scientific explanation.
SUBJECTS
Supernatural
Occult
Miracles Magic
Poltergeist
Spirits
Hauntings Ghosts
Psychokinesis ESP
Psychic Ouija
Reincarnation UFO
Cryptids Aura
Clairvoyance Parapsychology Exorcism
Shadow People Mediums
Ectoplasm
Spirit Photography Demons
Afterlife
EXODUS 22:18
“Do not allow a sorceress to live.”
PARANORMAL WARNINGS
Deut 18:10-11 2 Chron 33:6
1 Sam 15:23
Gal 5:20
Lev 20:6
Lev 20:27
Isa 8:19
Isa 19:3
Exodus 7:11,22; 8:7,19; 9:11
Micah 5:12
Lev 19:31
2 Kings 21:6
Dan 2:10
REASONS
1. Puts faith in things other than God.
2. Diverts your energy.
3. Doesn’t address the real issues.
4. Is an inferior solution.
POSITION # 1
These powers, events, and
people were and are real.
POSITION # 2
These powers, events, and
people were real in the past,
but are not today.
POSITION # 3
These powers, people,
and events are a scam.
POSITION # 4
A COMBINATION OF THESE
#1 Were and are real.
#2 Were in the past, but not today.
#3 Were and are a scam
Solution # 1
Look for Biblical Answers
Phil 2:12 We are free moral agents
I Cor 10:13 We all face the same things.
Rom 8:28 All things work to the good
I John 3:8 Jesus destroyed Satan’s work
Heb 4:15 Jesus was tempted as we are
There are scams - Acts 19:13-16, I Sam 28
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS
• 1 John 4:1 “Do not trust every spirit my
friend, but test the spirits to see if they come
from God.,”
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS
• 1 Timothy 4:1
• “God’s spirit specifically tells us that in
later times some will desert the faith
because they continuously give their
attention to deceiving spirits and demonic
teachings”
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS
Look at the history – VonDaniken
Look at the history – Aminityville Horror
Look at the history – Barney and Betty Hill
USE SCIENTIFIC TOOLS
Look at the history – VonDaniken
Look at the history – Aminityville Horror
Look at the history – Barney and Betty Hill
LOOK FOR HUMAN CAUSES
SENSE PROBLEMS –
REVERSE IMAGES,
FALSE SOUNDS,
CONTRAST ISSUES ETC.
SCAMS,
JOKES,
HOAXES
DOES GOD EXIST? Websites
DoesGodExist.org
WhyPain.org
DandyDesigns.org
GrandpaJohn.TV
DoesGodExist.TV (credit card orders)
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