A Spirituality Rooted Somewhere between Science and Superstition

[deutsey]

http://www.midshorelife.com/content/spirituality-rooted-somewhere-between-science-and-superstition

As Halloween approaches and autumn colorfully marks the year’s demise, two recent items in the news reminded me of our culture’s generally paradoxical view of death. At the risk of oversimplifying it, it seems to me the two main ways we try to make sense of what happens when we die involve either superstitions or science.

On the superstitious side, for example, Rolling Stone reports that researchers claim a photo of Jim Morrison’s ghost haunting his gravesite is “unexplainable.” Although it isn’t clear who these researchers are or how they reached their conclusion, the article notes that they believe the photo of the dead rock-and-roll legend’s apparition “was in no way manipulated, and also rule out any possibility that it’s merely a trick of the light.”

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/10/16/unexplainable-photo-snapped-at-jim-morrisons-grave/

On the scientific side, CNN ran a story about a neurological researcher who says that cryptic near-death experiences (NDEs) are actually quite explainable.

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[stopbush]

1. "The image itself is “unexplainable,” researchers said."

Right.

Seems like the researchers lack any imagination. There are many explanations for how the image came about, from double exposure of the film to a hoax by the owner of the picture who just hasn't bothered to fess up yet.

What is certain is that a logical and factual explanation for the image is a far simpler explanation than any involving the supernatural.

BTW - the image does beg a few questions, such as "why would Jim Morrison's ghost hang out at his tomb site after all these years? Why not visit Disneyland?" "Why would the ghost of Morrison wait to make an appearance until a rock music historian visited his tomb?' "How come Jim Morrison's ghost has shrunk to a size where it is now out of proportion to the door it is standing before?" "How do we know that's not really the ghost of Michael jackson traveling back in time to 2002?"