[Vivienne]

I've put this out there (so to speak) once before on another forum, but I'm curious to see what people think.

My question is: what makes us randomly and totally out of the blue like/dislike another person? I've read many thoughts on this, including:

1. we have known them in a previous life.
2. we are, in fact, identifying stuff in their character which, in fact, exists in our own character.
3. we "connect" because we are meant to for a reason.

What do you think? No smart remarks please, if possible.

[DevilsDuck]

SHUT THE * UP!!!

[Vivienne]

Oh, bug off Devils Duck!

[DevilsDuck]

Sorry, was just pointing out its not possible!

[Munki Bhoy]

I don't think I've ever liked or disliked someone out of the blue. They generally need to do something first. What that first thing is tends to dictate which way they go.

[Vivienne]

Great stuff.

I do tend to like/dislike out the blue - I can be wrong, but I do tend to find first impressions are remarkably accurate.

[MK Chris]

One man's meat is another man's poison. Sometimes there's just an indescribable 'something' you can't quite put your finger on.

[tom greeni]

1. we have known them in a previous life. - Bolocks
2. we are, in fact, identifying stuff in their character which, in fact, exists in our own character. - Possibly, the most likely out of the 3
3. we "connect" because we are meant to for a reason. - More bolocks

[DevilsDuck]

1. we have known them in a previous life. - Bolocks
2. we are, in fact, identifying stuff in their character which, in fact, exists in our own character. - Possibly, the most likely out of the 3
3. we "connect" because we are meant to for a reason. - More bolocks

Seconded!

[Vivienne]

One man's meat is another man's poison. Sometimes there's just an indescribable 'something' you can't quite put your finger on.

Agreed. Totally.

[MK Chris]

What you may not agree with is that I don't believe any of that fairytale nonsense that it could be because of a meeting in a 'previous life'.

Also, when you get talking to someone, it's quite possible to be proved wrong, but everyone makes a first impression, be it good or bad.

[Vivienne]

Is it fairytale though, when there is no evidence to prove it's fairytale?

[MK Chris]

Is it fairytale though

Yes.

there is no evidence to prove it's fairytale?

Right and where is your evidence to prove it's not? Where is the evidence that we even have a soul to live on through a different body?

It's bullshit.

[Vivienne]

Equally, where is your evidence to prove it IS bullshit. I was recently reading a story about a young lad who was able to point to an area where he had been killed in a plane crash in a previous life, described it to his mamma, she went and looked it up, and it was a story that had happened in the past. How could a 4/5 year-old possibly have know this? It's fascinating stuff...

[MK Chris]

Where did you read this story? I bet it wasn't a reputable source.

It's just not a plausible concept.

[Vivienne]

I spotted it in a magazine, and I know what you're gonna say, "trashy magazine", but I've seen similar things in other places. It's just fascinating, I think.

[Console]

Equally, where is your evidence to prove it IS bullshit.

Despite how it may seem, that's not an equal point. The burden-of-proof is on you to prove it, not for us to disprove it.

[lima eel]

i dont' buy into the past life stuff either, my mother is always talking about star signs and all that old *, saying how it means people are drawn together by what star sign they are. i think that you meet people through your paths crossing and you tend to like them or not instantly, very rarely have i met someone i liked and now hate and vice versa

[Vivienne]

Says who exactly? Who decides that? You?

[Vivienne]

The above is a reply to Console: at a basic level what is unseen is more difficult to prove that what is in your face, making the burden of proof stuff almost impossible and unfair.

[Console]

Says who exactly? Who decides that? You?

No-one's decided it, the two points are just not equal. There's not a 50-50 split between having to prove reincarnation and disproving it. Due to the utter lack of evidence for it, and given how long people have been looking, the probabilities swing towards there not being reincarnation, therefore the burden-of-proof is not on people to disprove it, but for others to prove it.

[MK Chris]

The above is a reply to Console: at a basic level what is unseen is more difficult to prove that what is in your face, making the burden of proof stuff almost impossible and unfair.

Have you never thought that the reason it's so difficult to prove is that it doesn't exist?

[Console]

The above is a reply to Console: at a basic level what is unseen is more difficult to prove that what is in your face, making the burden of proof stuff almost impossible and unfair.

It something is possible then it is quite easy to prove it; it is only difficult if you're trying to prove something is impossible.

[Vivienne]

No, I just simply think people are not open-minded enough. Many will always tell you that children for example are more "open" to life for example in their views, and thus more like to experience phenomenae.

[MK Chris]

On the other hand, it could be that kids have over-active imaginations and therefore their minds tend to believe things that they haven't actually seen.