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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (18574)	7/18/2001 9:25:27 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

One can accept the possibility of all things, without thinking all things equally likely. I think you have some trouble with this concept. For example, I see no proof for extraterrestrials. Further I see absolutely no evidence that they are visiting are planet even IF they do exists somewhere. The possibility that they might exist somewhere in a huge universe seems pretty high to me- so the possibility seems likely. Although I can't possibly BELIEVE in them, because I've absolutely no proof as to whether they exist or not. I also see no proof that ET's are visiting our planet. Although many people fervently believe they are, I see no good evidence, that cannot be explained in other more sensible ways, for their case. I think this possibility is much more unlikely than ET's existing anywhere in the universe. Agnostics see no proof for God (at least the ones I know) and so they don't believe in God. They don't want to make the leap to believing in a negative, though. Just as there is no proof for God's existence there is no proof for God's non-existence. You can say the same thing about fairies or leprechauns- no proof that they exist (except lots of stories, and some anecdotal reports by people who claim to see them) and no proof that they don't. I could make an assumption that ET's exist based on no data. I at least would have the anecdotal evidence of all those people who claim they do- you don't even have that. Can you see how what you believe may not seem very rational? At least it doesn't to me.