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Behind the Aegis

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30. No, it doesn't, but it is a good indicator.
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:01 AM
Nov 2012

Evidence can be proof, which is why people ask for it and when it doesn't exist, jump to the false conclusion the questionable issue is false. However, this has gone on long enough. Basically why I used that response to the OP is because the snide nature indicated to me the OPer 'knows' those things don't exist.

I believe Bigfoot exists. Fine. This is an opinion. The person may or may not have reasons for such belief.
I believe Bigfoot doesn't exist. Fine. This is an opinion. The person may or may not have reasons for such belief.
I know Bigfoot exists. This is false. There is no proof.
I know Bigfoot doesn't exist. This is false. There is no proof.

The last two are both arrogant in that they think they "know" something, when in fact they don't. The really interesting thing is both are two sides of the same coin and often use the same arguments against each other, which can be entertaining.

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Meet Harry Houdini REP Jul 2012 #1
hmmm libodem Jul 2012 #2
Right. Shadowflash Jul 2012 #3
Why do ghosts always have clothes on? zappaman Jul 2012 #4
Here ya go: frogmarch Jul 2012 #5
I will be nakkid. zappaman Jul 2012 #6
haha! frogmarch Jul 2012 #7
They don't Cherchez la Femme Oct 2012 #8
Shouldn't all ghosts be buck nakkid? left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #10
Only if they're good looking! I don't want any ugly and naked ghosts handing around my place! RKP5637 Mar 2013 #43
Some people will NEVER believe, unless/until they have their own personal experience... Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #9
So do ESP believers, Alien Abduction believers, Faith Healers, And the Romans thought Zeus changed.. Logical Oct 2012 #12
Sorry, but you should know that I don't suffer fools lightly... Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #13
LOL, I love it you mentioned unicorns! Explains a lot! n-t Logical Oct 2012 #15
Yes, it apparently explains your lack of reading comprehension...n/t Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #17
The "sitting down on chest" thing is called "old hag." Dash87 Feb 2013 #41
Thank you for the info... but, if you re-read my post, I never said that Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #42
You're right, you know. LiberalAndProud Jul 2013 #46
I had a 'weird experience' left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #11
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Behind the Aegis Oct 2012 #14
7 Billion people on this planet, nobody could have pulled it off by now? snooper2 Oct 2012 #16
Did you understand what I wrote? (Well, what Carl Sagan wrote.) Behind the Aegis Oct 2012 #18
Absence of evidence is great evidence of absence cpwm17 Oct 2012 #19
Not quite. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #20
The default position is that the something isn't true when there's no evidence for the something. cpwm17 Nov 2012 #21
No, it isn't. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #22
In the context of this thread, whole new realities, such as "spirits cpwm17 Nov 2012 #23
It appears we are talking about two different things. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #24
Sagan was aware of the distinction William Seger Nov 2012 #25
Sagan was aware, but cpwm17 didn't appear to be. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #26
Another Sagan quote: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." cpwm17 Nov 2012 #27
I agree with that statement as well. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #28
Evidence does not equal proof cpwm17 Nov 2012 #29
No, it doesn't, but it is a good indicator. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #30
It's not necessary to assume tama Feb 2013 #31
When I become a ghost I'll leave a hard poop on your doorstep, Quantess Feb 2013 #32
ghosts can defaecate at will? snooper2 Feb 2013 #33
it will be a ghost poop demwing Feb 2013 #36
Because once the Spirit moves on Smilo Feb 2013 #34
I have spent more than one night in more than one "haunted hotel" zappaman Feb 2013 #35
Yeh....what you said. CanSocDem Feb 2013 #40
BOO !!!!!! nt clarice Feb 2013 #37
Jeez dude! zappaman Feb 2013 #38
lol....I'm a spooky girl. nt clarice Feb 2013 #39
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