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What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?

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What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 28, 2016 at 11:46 pm
I believe that I am going to get some exercise today.
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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 28, 2016 at 11:47 pm
I believe that there is an almost p=1 probability of the existence (past or present) of intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe.

I also believe that the reason we have never made contact is that the nature of intelligent life is to destroy itself.
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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 28, 2016 at 11:51 pm (This post was last modified: October 28, 2016 at 11:51 pm by Alex K.)
I believe that reality exists and that reason is reliable.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 28, 2016 at 11:52 pm (This post was last modified: October 29, 2016 at 12:16 am by goombah111.)
(October 28, 2016 at 10:25 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Well, going into the whys would be its own thread, because there'd be sme vehement argumentation, if my experiences are any guide -- and such would derail this thread, no doubt.

As for your correction, my M-W dictionary gives as one denotation of "conspiracy" the people involved in a plot. I'm working off memory here, but I'll be happy to link it once I'm on my laptop instead of this phone.
yeah sounds good. im no english teacher.
(October 28, 2016 at 10:29 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Lots of things.  I'm not looking for proof in all matters.  But anyone asking me to take seriously their 'supernatural', undetectable, omni-everything secret friend is barking up the wrong tree.  I don't extend un-evidenced belief to other people's impulses.  Why would I?
wordup brosef do whatchu do and chillax, nobodies on trial here.
(October 28, 2016 at 11:02 pm)Astreja Wrote: I believe there is sentient life elsewhere in the universe, but that due to the vast interstellar distances we may never be able to make contact with it.
sounds reasonable.
(October 28, 2016 at 11:36 pm)Nymphadora Wrote: I believe I'm going to win the lottery someday. Of course, I'd need to actually buy tickets first.
hard to believe something you dont believe d:
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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 29, 2016 at 1:23 am
(October 28, 2016 at 11:52 pm)goombah111 Wrote:
(October 28, 2016 at 10:25 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: I'm working off memory here, but I'll be happy to link it once I'm on my laptop instead of this phone.
yeah sounds good. im no english teacher.

Here you go:

M-W Wrote:Full Definition of conspiracy

plural conspiracies

1:  the act of conspiring together

2 a :  an agreement among conspirators

b :  a group of conspirators

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspiracy

I've emphasized the appropriate denotation.

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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 29, 2016 at 4:20 am (This post was last modified: October 29, 2016 at 4:21 am by robvalue.)
I'm pretty sure I can open a door.

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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 29, 2016 at 4:34 am (This post was last modified: October 29, 2016 at 4:41 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
The external world.  For all I know, I'm a disembodied consciousness and all the things I think I see and feel are simply a side effect of that particular state of being.  No one can prove that this isn't the case.

*shrug*  I don't find it necessary to have proof of a thing to believe that it exists.  I do, however, insist on what is called 'the reasonableness of belief', i.e. that belief is justified if such belief is more reasonable than the absence of the belief.  Thus, I believe in the external world but not Bigfoot, just as I believe in extraterrestrial life but not gods.

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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 29, 2016 at 4:40 am
Life forms elsewhere in the universe. I do not believe we have been contacted or visited.
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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 29, 2016 at 4:52 am
I believe I own the Universe and all of you f*ckers owe me rent... Tongue
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RE: What do you believe in that hasnt been proven to exist?
October 29, 2016 at 5:00 am
(October 29, 2016 at 4:52 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote: I believe I own the Universe and all of you f*ckers owe me rent... Tongue

I believe that your collection efforts are foredoomed to failure.

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