Vagrant: this incident not only proves (what I see) as a fundamental truth about human nature, but that you're a decent person and you're honest. Like you said, you could have just collected the $300 and passed go.
Frankly I don't trust any stories about manifestations, spirit messages, etc. unless I know the person/s involved *really* well or unless I experience the phenomenon firsthand. That's not to say these things don't happen--having lived in haunted houses before and coming from a family where Weird Shit Happens I know all too well they do. I've just seen way too many people that are like you said--willing to delude themselves over the smallest little thing. Why this is I don't know, maybe they want to believe, maybe they don't want responsibility for their own actions, maybe they don't have or never were taught critical thinking skills, I don't know. *shrug* Your guess is as good as mine.
This having been said, I know from experience djinn/spirits/etc. are out there. Some are friendly, some are hostile, some are indifferent, and a lot of them are as oblivious to our existence as we are to theirs. I'd much rather summon one within the confines of a triangle, interview it, politely command it to do what I need, and then let it go than to imprison it into something and continually coerce it into doing what I need. Forcing any form of conscious entity to perform tasks at gunpoint is only efficient over the short term.
My $5...
This post has been edited by Darkmage: Feb 29 2008, 02:01 AM
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As the water grinds the stone, We rise and fall As our ashes turn to dust, We shine like stars... --Covenant, "Bullet"
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