Monday, February 18, 2008
Mothman Prophecies
In class we dealt with the topic of a supernatural occurrence. We listened to an excerpt of the book “The Mothman Prophecies” by John A Keel. This excerpt dealt with a unusual situation a couple faced in 1967. a couple in West Virginia encounter a stranger in the middle of a rainy night. This stranger, dressed in black from head to toe, requests to use their phone due to a car breakdown. Due to his menacing appearance, the couple reject his request and close the door in his face. When they confided their neighbours and friends, all agreed that they had encountered the Mothman, or the Devil. Furthermore, about a week later, the couple die in a car accident. They soon link that the reason why the couple was died was because they and encountered the Devil. The reasoning made by the society could be coherent to the belief and what actually happens, however, the incident could also be a coincidence. I believe that what happened was nothing but a coincidence. However, due to societies beliefs and norms during the 60’s many people were under the influence that the Devil did exist. They related his appearance and his mysterious entry and exist as a sign, some form of an indicator that HE was the reason the couple perished in the car crash. However, if we reason it out, there are too many questions raised to agree with the society’s belief – does the Devil exist? Who is he? Or she? Why did he/she visit that particular couple? Why did they die exactly a week later, in a car crash that too? Without the correct proof no clear conclusion can be made, only assumptions based on belief. The man could have been anyone, he could have actually been a person stranded in the middle of the night. It was because they society did not have a grounded argument or evidence for the visit; they linked it to the Devil. This shows how people’s beliefs and thoughts were easily accepted amongst the society – linking two very different situations to make them fit somehow. There could have been a number of different reasons why the couple died.
Mothman Prophecies
The knowledge claims made by the couple are that they have seen a devil which is absolutely wrong because devils do not exist. It is totally wrong to consider anyone dressed in black completely is a devil. They had a wrong belief that they had seen a devil. It was just the time at which the person came to their house and the colour of clothes the person was wearing made their fear change in to their belief. But as far as what I know and what I am taught there is no such thing as a devil on this earth and the couple could have formed a wrong impression of the person whom they saw.
If we carefully try understanding what had happened is that the couple got scared and closed the door when the person in black asked if he could use their phone to make a call. It is the dull brain of the couple who thought he was a devil and shut the door. They did not even help the person who was facing the problem because his car broke down. I agree that anyone would get scared about a man wearing complete black and knocking at the door late in the night. Anyone would shut the door and would not go out of way to help the person but it is craziness if anyone spreads a rumour that they have seen a devil because they have seen someone black late in the night and the people(friends) believing what is told to them are bigger fools.
The fear that the couple faced was one of the major reasons for them not to know what actually happened. According to the story we come to know that the friends believe what is told to them what by the couple and without seeing what actually happened they blindly believe what is told to them and it spread by the word of mouth that the devil existed.
Further listening to the story we come to know that the couple died in an accident when they were travelling over a bridge but their friends and the people in that area thought that it was because they saw a devil they both died. A man in black knocking at your door and the couples friends blame the man who asked for help for the accident resulting in the death of the couple. There is no relevance according to me whatsoever it was just an accident and as per their destiny they had to die the knocking of the man to the death has no connection. I mean we cannot even call it a coincidence if we properly analyze the situation the death is nowhere connected to a man knocking at the door late in night.
The couple probably can consider the human at their door as a devil but as far as their friends are concerned it is their foolishness to believe someone saying something like that. I would like to conclude by saying what believe that is – “Seeing is believing” so according to me it was totally stupid of the friends to believe the couple .Now I guess people would question me about the existence of God because no one has seen God but I think God exists and I feel it is my upbringing that makes me believe e that God exists.
If we carefully try understanding what had happened is that the couple got scared and closed the door when the person in black asked if he could use their phone to make a call. It is the dull brain of the couple who thought he was a devil and shut the door. They did not even help the person who was facing the problem because his car broke down. I agree that anyone would get scared about a man wearing complete black and knocking at the door late in the night. Anyone would shut the door and would not go out of way to help the person but it is craziness if anyone spreads a rumour that they have seen a devil because they have seen someone black late in the night and the people(friends) believing what is told to them are bigger fools.
The fear that the couple faced was one of the major reasons for them not to know what actually happened. According to the story we come to know that the friends believe what is told to them what by the couple and without seeing what actually happened they blindly believe what is told to them and it spread by the word of mouth that the devil existed.
Further listening to the story we come to know that the couple died in an accident when they were travelling over a bridge but their friends and the people in that area thought that it was because they saw a devil they both died. A man in black knocking at your door and the couples friends blame the man who asked for help for the accident resulting in the death of the couple. There is no relevance according to me whatsoever it was just an accident and as per their destiny they had to die the knocking of the man to the death has no connection. I mean we cannot even call it a coincidence if we properly analyze the situation the death is nowhere connected to a man knocking at the door late in night.
The couple probably can consider the human at their door as a devil but as far as their friends are concerned it is their foolishness to believe someone saying something like that. I would like to conclude by saying what believe that is – “Seeing is believing” so according to me it was totally stupid of the friends to believe the couple .Now I guess people would question me about the existence of God because no one has seen God but I think God exists and I feel it is my upbringing that makes me believe e that God exists.
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