I believe there is a reality external to us that actually exists. I believe we can learn about this reality through the use of our senses, either natural or enhanced, and our intelligence. I believe that individual humans are fallible and foolable in both our senses and our intelligence, but the more people who perceive the same thing, the more reliable those perceptions become. I believe the scientific method is the best method we have so far in coming to reliable conclusions about reality. I believe that out current best evidence and most reliable conclusions therefrom demonstrate a lack of supernatural influences of any kind in the natural world. I believe all conclusions about the real world other than the most mundane are subject to revision based on new evidence or better explanations of the evidence we have.
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
Howling about evidence is a conversation stopper, and it never stops to think if the claim could possibly be true -- foreveryoung
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