Hello 'ShadowProphet'
The word we are looking for is 'respect'. It means a variety of things in different ways.
People do react angrily towards defamatory writings regarding their belief(s).
An opinion expressed is that of the author. No one had ever said that they do not have the right to be sceptical as it is said that 'free speech' is the right of every individual.
Yet no one says that we have to listen to it.
I get this all the time.
It mainly has to do with Christian beliefs and how members are brought up. If a person is psychic, the God factor is involved. As you yourself have asked about the benevolence of any such ability. People ask:-
"Where does this fit in...we are all sinners and who is this guy with so called special powers?"
You see...there are many discussions on forums and even this one. Conversations/writings that last for page after page and get nowhere because there are no answers.
The difference with a psychic is that there is an end result. So in order to try and break you....
(no opinion or scepticism)
You are then challenged. If for example I say that I think it is possible to create a storm in Texas, there is
flexibility of a discussion based on that possibility.
We can then yap for page after page and no one loses the discussion. It is a hypothetical conversation with various inputs from different beliefs. It can go on for months with sheer nothingness.
Now...this is the difference which your paragraphs do not cover....
If I can say that I
CAN create a storm in Texas, the verb alters.
The point that you are missing 'ShadowProphet' is the difference between fact and possibility. A fact is not based on scepticism because there is no variable involved. Separating constants from variables becomes challenging.
They already hate you, because you have disagreed with them. Now they want to break you, So they challenge you.
It becomes a character assassination because if they can break you the once, all your junk that you wrote previously starts toppling over. Your junk is gone and so are you. Your stay will become 'hellish' because you can no longer talk of what you can do and propagate discussion with evidence.
It happened with the world Psychic/Medium Derek Acorah
He got one wrong and they crucified him. Perhaps 8,000 correct but it was that one that destroyed him.
Derek Acorah - Wikipedia
With me, my plight happened in 2008 on a forum called:- About.com.
This member said that I should shut my mouth and take up a challenge to produce a hurricane in the state of Maine USA within 2 weeks or to get lost with my b*ll sh*t.
I had no choice. So I took on the challenge as that member knew it was impossible. It literally was but I took him on.
If this was the bookies, I would have won about £10,000,000 at such odds. It happened and went down in history as the worst that happened in 17 years. He lost and I won. But I did not because you simply cannot win on the basis of discussion which is 100% bias.
If I had lost, they would have crucified me. Instead they he said that he still won the bet because it was a fluke. This had nothing to do with scepticism. They issued another test and then another and I won them all until they finally said that I was a risk to National Security and reported me to the FBI and the CIA for a threat against humanity. I became a thief over night every time someone's data was missing from their computer. My life even got threatened.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion???
I disagree with that one 'ShadowProphet'
It really means how many members think one way and how you think the other. It should be as you say, but it is not.
I will move to your other points when I get back from Newark later.
BTW...did you get that personal message that I sent you?
Regards
George