If there is no such thing as spirituality or the afterlife, then why does deja vu exist?

Question

Why does SOME astrology actually seem accurate? Why does SOME astrology work? Why do some people see ghosts? Why are some people actually able to tell the future, etc?

Answer 1

I am a Christian but I don't think the existence of deja vu proves/disproves anything.  There are many scientific explanations of deja vu.  One being a malfunctioning between the long and short-term memory circuits of the brain. Somehow, specific information shortcuts its way from short to long-term memory storage, bypassing the usual mechanisms used for storage transfer.

This gives the illusion that what has just occurred happened long ago.  It seems a very logical explanation to me.

As far as your other claims as astrology and predicting the future, these have never been proven.  Astrology is so watered down that your chart is as true for you as it is for any other human being.  I have been watching so called prophets for years.  There are websites that track their predictions and they are generally successful far less than 50% of the time.

Answer 2

-Astrology uses statements that would be true to about 90% of the population.

-It works because its not actually doing anything (IE "The stars says you will have a good day today and you will meet someone new")....LOL, ok, thanks!

-Anyone who sees ghosts are delusional.  Thats why it has NEVER been proven.

-No one is able to tell the future, unless of course its a general statement like my example above or they just get lucky.

In closing I would like to say that you are worse than religious people.  Go away.

Answer 3

Coincidence. All of it. How many times does it NOT work is a better question.

Answer 4

Think about it. If you had to predict someones future, 99  percent of the time, you could predict it by where they are today. If you were to read the future of someone who lives on the street, the most you could predict would be that eventually they would be in some sort of assisted living situation and not live a long prosperous life. In contrast, read the future of a sharp, personable, intelligent Lawyer. It is all in knowing people. You can get a wealth of information on anyone simply by observing them. As far as astrology goes, you can read what ever pleases you into it. The Bible says "to be absent from the body is to be present with the lord." No time table is given as to how quickly this occurs. Not everyones fate is to be present with the Lord, and therefore the spirit world could be the ghost world. If I could give advice it would be not to try to look into your future. It will not all be good, and you could fulfill a prophecy that is not really ment for you. Deal with life as it is today, and know that eventually you will deal with what ever the future has to hold for you-Life can be joyful, hateful, uplifting and heartbreaking. There is a time for sadness and a time for happiness. Take it as it comes. Knowing the future will only make you live the future which may not be accurate until you fulfill it.

Answer 5

Keywords: some astrology, seem accurate, some people

This is not proof of any of those things. There has been no single verifiable evidence (any science journal?) for any of what you said.

Answer 6

It doesn't.  

It sometimes seems to work because of non-supernatural things such as confirmation bias and cold reading.

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Answer 7

Well I think there is an afterlife and I consider my self to be spiritual not religious. In answer to your question, we must carefully consider the source from which one draws answers.  

Answer 8

A mix of coincidence and Schizophrenia

Answer 9

honey forget about people telling the future, you direct your own future; otherwise there's no point in anything. you're your own boss. period. God bless x

Answer 10

All of them are true and thats why they exist. Astrology was taught by the fallen angels or the Anakis or the Giants in the bible in reference to astrology and our galaxy and stars to man. Ghost are spirits of the dead spoken in the bible. And people are able to tell the future (if they can sometimes) by sorcerery and black magic- which is from the help of the demons.

Answer 11

Spirituality is hokum

the afterlife is as described in the Bible

deja vu is just a mind trick. Our brains are very complex and are always looking for patterns and our memory is active all the time.A random smell may take you back to a childhood memory complete with sound and color.