(October 28, 2015 at 2:10 pm)mediocrates Wrote: I went back later to browse some of the comments and I was blown away by how many people are commenting positively and believe in her! It really saddens me to see so many people believing so blindly, many of them with their wallets already out!
I find this really frustrating. What say you?
I got the boot from a facebook group for merely asking a skeptical question.
It was a group for fans of the TV show Grimm and someone had posted a poll about people believing in supernatural things and one of the responses you could check was "Yes, there has to be something out there" I asked in the comments something like "why must there be something out there?" and a shitstorm ensued resulting in me getting banned from the group.
The thing is: I never once made the categorical statement that there WASN'T anything supernatural out there, I just asked the question WHY must there be something? and people lost their shit.
I fought my way back into the group as a matter of principle (they ain't gettin' rid of me that easily, the fuckers!) and have been largely inactive since.
I should just quit the group.
The lesson learned was: People are gullible idiots* and overreact when their precious beliefs are threatened in any way.
* I feel okay calling people gullible idiots because I, myself, can be a gullible idiot at times.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
