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Originally Posted by sjastro
Personally I don't believe in UFOs which is based on "faith" rather than evidence.
The arguments against UFOs are based on "argumentum ad ignorantiam" or "appeal to ignorance" which states the lack of evidence is proof for non existance. This is a logical fallacy.
Ironically science is attacked this way all the time. Creationists (or Intelligent Designists in disguise) frequently employ this logic.
Of the individuals in this group Alex is the main perpetrator. 
Regards
Steven |
you cheeky man
Although I do not crave such recognition Steven it is nice to at least to be seen as holding a position that can be defined in such a manner
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Lets unite and bag "inteligent" design ..they are a group that unfortunately get up my nose the way I get up the nose of others with my thoughts on stuff.
Again I say this specifically in respect of UFO's but what I say can be applied somewhat universally...
"Facts are qualified by ones personal experience and there is no getting away from that ...so one should keep an open mind and never never never become dogmatic...and if one looks to my approach to push gravity, the big bang, dark matter and things generally one will observe I am far from dogmatic
...unfortunately I fail to pre qualify most of what I say with those famous words..."in my humble opinion" ...but then this failing is not limited to my approach to stuff as I have observed such in others
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So where do "inteligent designers" place UFO's in their system of things... maybe like finding fossils... sent by God to temp out faith in the word no doubt.
One can imagine other species out there I feel with ease ...however the question as to why they would come here I doubt can be answered readily by those who assert that they come... although their annal probing probably points us in a reasonable direction
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mmmm now I know why ET has such long fingers
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alex
