Recently had a friend tell me excitedly that he met someone who is a medium and can channel 3 different spirits. I was able to say “I’m not sure I believe that, it’s an extraordinary claim, I’d need extraordinary evidence.” In the past I would just nod my head and change the subject or ask them to elaborate and then feel bad when I realize how emotionally invested they are in these beliefs. I love my friends, many of them have supernatural beliefs. More and more I feel like I can’t pretend that it’s fine. My friends trust me, and if I tacitly approve their supernatural claims by not questioning or correcting them, I am encouraging their error. My friends are mostly non-religious, but I get blinsided occasionally by the varied beliefs they collect and spring on me in the course of conversation. How do you navigate these conversations?