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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (172279)	9/19/2011 2:18:41 PM
From: Cautious_Optimist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542244

You can't prove something that exists in people's minds as Truth -- that requires no proof. Its anti-reason reasoning. YOU can't prove that Evan Longoria isn't the Lord, or that those (formerly) "Devil" Rays won't win the next 20 World Series just because I have faith. :-) I can't disprove that writing this is reality and not a dream or script... so I choose to start with the assumption this is a real world and (evolved) humans, without "supernatural" determinism or creationist submission of causality, can cause real things to happen. we are responsible for what what we do... The alternative is to give up the very fundamentals of the enlightenment that are still being challenged by the power of superstition feeding organized religious enterprises. Its really common sense and reason vs. fears and ignorance. In every controlled study of "psychic" or "magic" or "paranormal" cause and effect, there has NEVER ONCE been a confirmation that could not be explained statistically. There have been plenty of frauds exposed though. In fact, there has been $1,000,000 on the table for years to anyone who can prove something beyond our REAL world: en.wikipedia.org However, does someone have the right to be a Jehovah's witness or a Mormon etc??? Or atheist or animist??/ Of course. People should be "judged" by their actions, not their spiritual beliefs... Under the ;aws created by... men and women. Should there be a fence between a fictional creation myth (there are thousands) and science and education?? Of course.