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wj
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Message 10 of 210 (39125)
05-06-2003 7:25 PM
Reply to: Message 9 by mike the wiz
05-06-2003 6:50 PM


Re: Question...
Mike the wiz, feel free to believe anything you want to. But don't expect to convince anyone that your beiefs are correct or even reasonable if you cannot provide supporting evidence. Your evidence for a soul is? Your evidence for the existence of a heaven is? Your evidence for the existence of a hell is?
The current evidence suggests that "near death experiences" are a comon post-event perception of the experience of oxygen starvation to the brain.

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wj
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Message 12 of 210 (39132)
05-06-2003 7:58 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by mike the wiz
05-06-2003 7:33 PM


Re: Question...
Mike the wiz, I'm sure that Crashfrog's belief that heaven and hell do not exist is more firmly and logically founded than you own personal belief. The lack of evidence for existence of heaven and hell or any other theological imagined place means that he does not find it necessary to believe in the existence of such places. I am similarly disposed to not believe in the existence of the restaurant at the end of the universe because of the lack of evidence for its existence. And the rather high price for entrees.

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wj
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Message 15 of 210 (39156)
05-06-2003 10:46 PM
Reply to: Message 14 by mike the wiz
05-06-2003 8:05 PM


Re: Question...
quote:
'And the rather high price for entrees.'
what do you mean by this?
entrees = (plural form of) dish served before the main course at a restaurant.
price = money or other consideration for which a thing is bought or sold.
high = of great or specified upward extent. Adjective modifying the noun "price".
Context: the statement refers to the preceding sentence and the allusion to a restaurant. It was offered as an additional reason to not believe in the existence of a restaurant at the end of the universe. However it offers a paradox because knowledge of the existence of entrees, and their price, from an argued non-existent restaurant would be evidence for the existence of such a restaurant. Therefore the evidence offered is contrary to the position which it was given as support for.
In summary, it was a joke.
So, take up the challenge of providing the proof or evidence against the existence of the restaurant at the end of the universe. If evidence or proof is of no interest to you, why don't you also believe in the restaurant at the end of the universe? I have told you about it, do you believe it exists?

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