Do you believe in any weird things?
"Weird things" are defined here as being the subject of beliefs that are not widely shared or little known or hard to explain [or even things you refuse to dismiss even though you don't quite believe them either] but...
NOT including mainstream beliefs in supernatural causality etc. that form the basis of "revealed" religions [even if non-religious people might think they are weird].
Example: the resurrection of Christ, young-Earth creationism and transubstantiation [or people believing that the universe has always existed], for the purposes of this thread, are NOT deemed weird.
@FMF
I don't believe in anything,strictly speaking.
But I realize that that's how people speak.
I slip into it as well. Saying I believe this or that.
But closely examined, (self) knowledge needs no consenting from anyone else. And your belief is not required
As regards to weird things I see the language shifting in accordance with understanding of all phenomena.
What was once weird is now becoming more everyday, whereas that which is standard is starting to seem more weird by the day
I would replace the new seemingly weird with the word "dysfunctional".
If you follow...
@fmf saidI have seen a few rather mystifying things in Java in orbit of my family that involved - allegedly or perhaps even seemingly - the spirits of [relatively recently deceased ancestors] that baffled me ... there was some weirdness, which I don't intend to describe... and I don't actively believe there's any substance to the incidents, but... having said that, nor am I willing to dismiss them completely.
things you refuse to dismiss even though you don't quite believe them either
@josephw saidI saw one on a street in central Tokyo. It had been there for years. They had to replace all parts of it because they wore out, including the discreet little electrical motor that kept it going.
@FMF
"Do you believe in any weird things?"
I believe in perpetual motion machines. Isn't that weird?