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From: Serge Salvaille <sergesa@connectmmic.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:02:38 -0700
Fwd Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:20:43 -0400
Subject: Re: Arnold Saw Pelicans


>From: Tim D. Brigham <TBrigham@ksinc.net>
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>Subject: Re: Arnold Saw Pelicans
>Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:03:25 -0500

>>From: Sue Strickland <strick@H2Net.net>
>>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>>Subject: Re: Arnold Saw Pelicans
>>Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:13:33 -0600

><snip>

>>It was at that point in time that I realized that people will go
>>to _any_ lengths to refute that which they don't understand,
>>even if they see it, experience it, or feel it. We "true
>>believers" get our funny bones tickled regularly.  Hope this
>>true story tickled yours.  Hugs, Sue, another experiencer

>Very true that people will go to extreme ends to refute things
>they find impossible or that don't fit into their 'reality
>tunnel', but also very true that people are just as likely to
>cling to a personal belief that something DOES exist, even in
>the face of evidence against it, especially if said belief is
>long held.

>Extreme belief in the _existence_ of something, is in many ways,
>quite simply, the same as belief that something does _not_ exist.

>Best,

>Tim Brigham, Cognitive Deprogramming Expert, and Minister (both
>via the Universal Life Church)


Pelicans, pelica.

Of course blind belief will get you nowhere.

Still, one must avoid the pitfall of the syllogistic "belief
system" argument.

One may relativize belief.  We must also objectivize reality.

Some people believe Arnold saw pelicans.

Others have observed this cannot be the case.

Serge Salvaille, computer program bug expert, and user and
the church key.