| Subject: Re: You Don't Have To 'Believe' In UFOs Any Longer, |
| From: Rex |
| Date: 28/10/2009, 17:30 |
| Newsgroups: alt.alien.research,alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,sci.skeptic |
You guys are in the same league as those who insist that there is a
god, that he made the Earth and the entire Universe, that he screwed
a virgin and thusly produced an offspring who could walk on water.
And these nutz, just like you lame brains, affirm their "faith" on a
weekly basis ...now who's the complete idiot ...
Agreed.
UFOs are what one would call an untestable hypothesis, in scientific
terms. Not one of the UFO sightings/abductions/grainy footage over the
years can be counted as independently verifiable evidence. For that to
happen either of the following must happen:
a) The US Govt de-classifies all information related to Roswell and
other similar episodes, and confirms that yes, it indeed was a UFO that
crashed, occupants corpses are stored in Area 51 etc etc. Good luck with
that happening anytime ever.
b) A UFO makes a very public appearance, in broad daylight in a crowded
place like Times Square and the aliens come out and greet us. Preferably
they make a smooth landing and don't cause another Tunguska incident.
The chances of (a) happening is as good as nil. For the second scenario,
well, if UFOs do exist they're quite content with behaving like
delinquents- scrawling crop circles, killing cows and coring out their
assholes, and kidnapping people from redneck country.
(Aside: How come so many UFO encounters seem to happen only in the US?
How about showing up in other countries for a change?)
So for all practical purposes, UFOs are in the same league as fairies,
Jesus, Elvis and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
There's a lot of wishful thinking about them, and I'm sure every UFO
nerd secretly wishes for some incontrovertible evidence, 'absence of
proof != proof of absence' etc. etc. while watching re-runs of the X-Files.
This is still considered different from religious fundamentalists who
believe in the creation/apocalyptic myth of their professed religions
because of the desperation to win the approval and credibility of the
scientific community/rational minded folks. Religious fanatics by
contrast don't try to convince you about their beliefs, they expect it
to be taken as an article of faith.
And I think this is the difference that the OP was trying to point out.
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