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Howse doesn\u2019t say who that university lecturer is, but his article raises interesting questions and provoked heated comments from readers. These ranged from numerous reported angel sightings by both adults and children, to a fair number of postings expressing a huge degree of animosity, from those who hadn\u2019t seen angels and knew<\/em> they never would.<\/p>\n What is it that makes people so angry about the possibility of there being things we are yet to fully understand?<\/p>\n And even if angels don\u2019t \u2018exist\u2019<\/em> (whatever that might mean), for those who believe<\/em> they exist they have a very real impact on their lives.<\/p>\n One irate commentator said there has never been any tangible evidence of anything like Angels, Father Christmas or God. I\u2019m guessing he would probably include the tooth fairy in that list. Yet thousands of lucky children have tangible evidence of the tooth fairy\u2019s existence. They believe that if they put a tooth under their pillow at night the tooth fair will come and take it and replace it with a coin. Who<\/em> or what<\/em> the tooth fairy may be is disputable, but their belief in the existence of a power which can manifest that coin is strong enough to bring that coin into being. The child who knows<\/em> there is no tooth fairy refuses to put the tooth under their pillow. And hey presto they too have their proof of its non-existence because they don\u2019t receive a coin.<\/p>\n If we believe there are people \u2013 or angels \u2013 out there who are there to generate good and positive experiences in our world, then chances are we will come across people and opportunities that generate those good experiences.<\/p>\n Whether or not there is \u2018tangible evidence\u2019 of the precise origin of that good experience seems somewhat irrelevant to those whose lives have benefited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" > “Do we really know anything and, if so, what? And how do we know it? And how do we know that we know it? And how do we know that we know that we know it?” (Jones and Wilson … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MxxtSe4hB3w\/SqZJMauRTeI\/AAAAAAAABAk\/gHw_v55YCpY\/s1600-h\/Angels-1.jpg\")
<\/a>In a recent posting on the website of The Telegraph Christopher Howse <\/a>reported on the possible presence of angels amongst us. Suggesting 38 per cent of Britons believe in angels he said \u2018a university lecturer\u2019 had criticised parents for dismissing their children\u2019s reports of angel sightings.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MxxtSe4hB3w\/SqZJ4zbmEUI\/AAAAAAAABAs\/vbPV35-WOSQ\/s400\/P1010004.JPG\")
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And thousands of children have their theory proved right by the very tangible evidence of a coin the next morning.<\/p>\n