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Have you ever considered the difference between the belief in bigfoot and the belief in god?This message has been edited by DHR, 10-16-2005 08:00 AM

You can't just have a Bigfoot, you have to have a whole species. Why don't the true believers just use some thermal scanners and provide evidence.For further discussion how about a topic " Are there Bigfeet?"

see reply to C.

Toss it up.

I agree! Leaving someone or many somones hanging is bad form. there are may polite ways to exit.IMO the creos are by far the worst offenders.I DO NOT understand why the Mods don't call them when they declare thier closed minds.

Just saw this; baseball playoff starting so I will have a reply later.Thanks!

Hi BenIt always looks to me like they crawled into a hole and pulled the dirt in behind them, eyes closed, hands over their ears singing la-la-la.When a poster declares that they will cling to their beliefs, regardless of facts, evidence or logic, this is a closed mind and a direct violation of rule four of the Forum
Guidelines(4.Points should be supported with evidence and/or reasoned argumentation).The moderator should remind them of this fact and that they agreed to the rules and must now abide by them to remain a member.That’s the easy answer, in the real world it might not be so cut and dried, however, after reading thousands of call and response posts I question the wisdom allowing posters to drone on and on with the same tired arguments.Separating the wheat from the chaff becomes a chore and some of the real scientists that do instead of talk may not consider it worth their time.Is this a debate board, or a sounding board?I know that Percy is the final arbiter, but I couldn’t resist that final flourish.

It can go much deeper than that.
When someone’ s faith is so entwined with their view of reality that the see the word only thru the eyes of belief, then to challenge that belief is to ask them to do a 180 degree turn and embrace all that they have detested and reject all they have held good. They feel you are asking them to burn the flag and spit in Mom’s apple pie.The response can be violent.

Of course, that's why we see the turn logical backflips without a net to keep thier skein of belief intact.Not all reactions are passive; on some of the other fora, the wish to kill is often expressed.Sounds like a real Damscus experience!lolThis message has been edited by DHR, 10-20-2005 07:41 PM

But your facts are merely your interpetation of what you observe, my interpetation of what I observe is differint than yours, so I win. (waves hands, runs away)This message has been edited by AdminJar, 10-20-2005 07:58 PM