XPost: alt.atheism, alt.agnosticism, sci.skeptic
XPost: alt.christnet

On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 13:49:04 +1000, felix_unger  wrote:
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>On 29-September-2014 11:04 AM, mur@.not. wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:23:27 +0200, Chicken Runz wrote:
>> ..
>>> "grabber"  skrev i meddelelsen news:CAEVv.595807$7b1.280829@fx01.am4...
>>>
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>>
>>>> And I don't think there's a disagreement between you [felix_unger] and
>>>> Malte about whether that material represents good grounds in believing in
>>>> Nessie/BF/UFOs. ...
>>> I believe there's a huge disagreement. f_u regards any and every kind of
>>> hearsay as evidence: 'I was abducted and probed!!!' is evidence for UFO's
>>> having visited Earth. 'Millions of people believe in God and there is this
>>> book...' is also valid evidence for the existence of God. In my book none
of
>>> that is evidence.
>>>
>>>> ... And if there is, that's clearly not what you're interested in arguing
>>>> about, either.
>>>>
>>>> All you're interested in arguing about is whether that stuff meets your
>>>> particular chosen sense of the word "evidence". ...
>>> I agree, and I ask myself why he is willing to accept that hearsay about
>>> Dog-Heads is valid, sensible and reliable evidence for their existence.
>>>
>>> I know that 'common sense' very commonly doesn't make any sense, but you
>>> have to use your brains once in a while and discard the most obvious
>>> nonsense. Hearsay, ancient books and biased witnesses' testimony is not
>>> reliable and should never be regarded as useful evidence.
>>>
>>> (snip)
>>      LOL!!! So people you have never met and don't know a damn thing about
say
>> they were abducted by aliens. To begin with we have no strong reason to
>> disbelieve them not knowing the people or whether or not aliens ever abduct
>> anyone. But then YOU say no they were not, and then we're supposed to put
faith
>> in that and consider YOU saying "no" as "evidence" against what they said
>> happened to them...LOL.........and also feel that it's "common sense" to
put all
>> our faith in YOUR claim...LOL... As usual, just describing you peoples'
position
>> is AGAIN HILARIOUS!!!!
>
>LOL! you make it clear how silly they can be

    Have you noticed Chicken Runz boasting about how cowardly he is?
LOL....HILARIOUS!

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