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I was watching a program about ghosts and the such once, and there was this lady who claimed to "connect" with the spirits in a certain house and "know" the way they killed themselves (which was, according to her, why they were haunting the place?) Oh man, if you had seen her, you would've instantly considered her the best actress in the world. HAHAHA. Pathetic is more like it. :angry: And she was all crying and stuff.. My my my..
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I was watching a program about ghosts and the such once, and there was this lady who claimed to "connect" with the spirits in a certain house and "know" the way they killed themselves (which was, according to her, why they were haunting the place?) Oh man, if you had seen her, you would've instantly considered her the best actress in the world. HAHAHA. Pathetic is more like it. :angry: And she was all crying and stuff.. My my my..

Well, people will do anything these days for money, so I don't know about that, bt some personal experiences I've had are things logic and science cannot explain to me.

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i agree...ive had that happen a lot of times...although i hate to believe it, it's true.

 

ive seen people in my dreams who ive never met before in my life, and all of a sudden, when im out somewhere or just driving and I see that same person in real life...it creeps me out totally...

 

oh and okie i guess i am superstitious, because i get really scared when it comes to witchcraft and all that stuff...i never believed in it before, but after seeing certain things-this girl that used 2 be in my class in high school, i seriously am afraid of those things...

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That's hardly if ever paranormal.. LOL. It's called anxious episode-weaving (not a formal term, just one I constructed).. :rolleyes: How do I know, well, I don't. But you don't know that it's paranormal either. Just because we don't understand it doesn't mean it's paranormal. ;)

But science can't explain things such as "visions". My dad had a "vision" about me when I was hospitalized as a kid. My mom saw my dad in a dream before she even met him. How does one explain these things. I would indeed want to know.

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I don't belive in supserstitions either, but I don't think "vision" that Anon is talking about is superstition. Superstition is more like fear+fantasy, or fantasy+some other feeling. There is no experience with superstition.
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Snapashtum, Superstition.

Literally the Armenian word means "worship of/in the vain".

Are Armenians superstititious?

 

Some time ago we were talking about this.

 

QUOTE (Sip @ Sep 27 2003, 01:52 AM)

Azat, I think it comes from Arabic. If I'm not mistaken, it's something like "whatever god wants" or something. There is another very common one "Inshalla" which is more used when you hope god will do something (god willing).

 

 

Exactly.

Ironically the two phrases are antitheses of sach other, they are both based on the middle syllable "sha'", to will.

Whereas insha'Allah means God willing, the other, in a twisted way means "may God not will" (that something bad happen), with the negative "ma" priefix it is almost like rubbing ones' vorik when a compliment is given so as to propect from evil eye. In other words when one says "mashallah inch siroun erekha e" , it actually means "God forbid" that something bad happens to this beautiful baby.

Here is where the above exchange is from.

http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=7109&hl=inshalla

 

And now we read this in ArmeniaNow.

I mean, I sort of know that it is a superstition and that if an Armenian says something good, he – mindful of history – is supposed to acknowledge the possibility of something going horribly wrong and, somehow, knocking on wood is supposed to prevent the latter.

 

Full story below. Yes I know Hytga aired this in its entirety elswhere, I'm sure he didn't know about this thread.

http://www.armenianow.com/2004/may28/outsideeye/index.asp

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Well I always put my right football boot on first. I heard a famous player did that too, and it always brought him luck.

Though now it's become more habit than superstition.

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