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tsig Member (Idle past 2929 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: |
If a supernatural event happened there, I am unaware of it. Whether no supernatural event ever took place there, I am also ignorant due to a dirth of evidence. A supernatural event is a contradiction in terms. If an event happens it happens in the natural world, thus becoming a natural event.
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nator Member (Idle past 2190 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: The evidence indicates no, but I don't know.
quote: I don't know enough about the incidents to have an opinion.
quote: Same answer as above.
quote: It is actually a myth that there is any greater incidence of crashes or sinkings in the Bermuda Triangle compared to elsewhere with similar weather patterns:
bermuda triangle
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1524 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
1. No. I would think there would be some evidence of this.
2. No, the evidence seems to indicate no conspiracy 3. No, FDR did not know Pearl was going to be attacked on 12/7. 4. No, Logs have been examined from many areas around the world that indicate foul weather most often the blame for vessal disappearences. Burmuda Triangle statiscally was found to be no different. All the opinion of a Dyed in the wool skeptic.
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Silent H Member (Idle past 5840 days) Posts: 7405 From: satellite of love Joined: |
A supernatural event is a contradiction in terms. That is possible, but then the question has to be change to mean something. holmes "...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)
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gnojek Inactive Member |
Do you believe Earth is now, or ever has been visited by life from other planets?
I have no clue. Maybe. Do you believe that there was a conspiracy to assassinate JFK, RFK, or MLK? If yes, please specify which one(s).I have no clue, but it's possible. Do you believe that Franklin Roosevelt knew that Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked, but kept the information secret in order to get the U.S. into WWII?I have no clue, but from what I have read, the writing was on the wall. Are there supernatural forces working in the Bermuda Tiangle?I have no clue, but I'd venture a guess at NO. .
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tsig Member (Idle past 2929 days) Posts: 738 From: USA Joined: |
That is possible, but then the question has to be change to mean something. I don't think it can be changed to mean something because the word supernatural has no meaning, it's a null word that means exactly what the user means it to. It has no usefull connection to reality.
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sfs Member (Idle past 2554 days) Posts: 464 From: Cambridge, MA USA Joined: |
quote:Well, I don't know whether you believe FDR knew about Pearl Harbor in advance, but I'm a little surprised that you don't know whether you believe it either. Your skepticism would make Decartes proud.
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sfs Member (Idle past 2554 days) Posts: 464 From: Cambridge, MA USA Joined: |
quote:If it means what the user means it to, than it doesn't have no meaning. I don't see anything all that problematic about the meaning here. It seems to be something like "events that do not conform the rules that we ordinarily see operating in the physical world".
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macaroniandcheese  Suspended Member (Idle past 3948 days) Posts: 4258 Joined: |
Do you believe Earth is now, or ever has been visited by life from other planets?
nope. they know better. Do you believe that there was a conspiracy to assassinate JFK, RFK, or MLK? If yes, please specify which one(s). maybe as a publicity stunt. Do you believe that Franklin Roosevelt knew that Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked, but kept the information secret in order to get the U.S. into WWII? no. the translation didn't arrive in time. Are there supernatural forces working in the Bermuda Tiangle? nope. only the natural forces left by an old now-shifted axis. If you have any other out- of -the- mainstream theories, that I haven't mentioned, feel free to bring them up.
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coffee_addict Member (Idle past 497 days) Posts: 3645 From: Indianapolis, IN Joined: |
1) Don't know. Don't care.
2) Don't know. Don't care. 3) Don't know. Don't care. 4) Don't know. Don't care.
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TheLiteralist Inactive Member |
Other theories:
I hesitate to say such things (and I'm holding back, really)...cuz I realize it makes me sound looney. Oh, well...too late, now! --TheLit AbE:If a public official says it, if it's a politician quoted in the paper or on TV, if Dan Rather or Ted Koppel or NPR or ANY media says something that involves what the government should or should not do...I'm skeptical of it. I'm skeptical of evolutionary claims, too, and THAT'S why I come here...to discuss THAT....but this fun,too. This message has been edited by TheLiteralist, 03-26-2005 03:51 AM
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Silent H Member (Idle past 5840 days) Posts: 7405 From: satellite of love Joined: |
I don't think it can be changed to mean something because the word supernatural has no meaning, it's a null word that means exactly what the user means it to. It has no usefull connection to reality.
I understood that's what your comment could have meant. When I said the sentence had to be changed so that it had meaning, that could have included dropping the word supernatural. I was assuming that the poster was trying to get at if some of the odd events which occured within the BT were caused by anything other than regular weather/mechanical phenomena, including intervention by aliens/extre dimensional beings/etc. BT theories certainly include aliens, and they would definitely count as "natural" phenomena, just as yet unknown natural entities. holmes "...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)
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Silent H Member (Idle past 5840 days) Posts: 7405 From: satellite of love Joined: |
I'm a little surprised that you don't know whether you believe it either. The records that would be needed to formulate a valid opinion on the FDR issue, simply are not out there... at least not to my knowledge. In that particular case I really don't know what to believe. While there seems to be some evidence he should have expected an attack from Japan at some time, I've seen nothing to indicate that he had reason to suspect any particular time and place. Though there are some troop movements which could have been luck or the result of someone with insight or inside info, and played an interesting game. Unlike JFK and some of the others, that one is actually outside of my belief (or gut feeling) range as well. holmes "...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)
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TheLiteralist Inactive Member |
no. the translation didn't arrive in time. But IF there was a conspiracy to let Japan attack Pearl Harbor, this is just the sort of thing we'd expect to hear.
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TheLiteralist Inactive Member |
If I am not too terribly mistaken, the idea is that the knowledge was well known, but purposely withheld (delivered "late") from the poor soldiers at Pearl Harbor.
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