I never got a look at the damn thing, but it makes a hell of a swoooooooshhhhing sound before everything goes black.
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Well, Whitefire seems a practical woman. Whatever itâs made of Iâm sure itâs quite functional 
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Heâs like the Michelangelo of irony. Or maybe itâs just a total lack of self awareness. Itâs as if he doesnât read his own post.
Believing in a god is the same as believing in Bigfoot or UFOâS. You need to prove that they exist, we donât need to prove that they donât exist. This guys arrogance is off the charts.
Well we have logic, and we have observation. Iâve found those sufficient for navigating life, the universe, and everything.
If you rule out observation because you think the evidence of the senses is suspect, then I guess weâre reduced to solipism, but to be fair you should also rule out the voice of god speaking in your head, because thatâs also just you.
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That which comports with reality is true.
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Is that from your bio?
Banned for being too combative? Fair play guys, thatâs a very polite euphemism.
Is anyone anticipating contrition on his return? A lonely keyboard warrior, on a quest to share his erudition with the poor heathens.
Sadly like so many theists he appears to be holding an empty bag. Though as usual this fact doesnât seem to have dented his confidence in his superstitious wares at all. Like an undeterred snake oil salesman or witch doctor standing over the lifeless body of his latest patient, and declaring without a hint of ironyâŚâwell, thereâs still so much we donât knowâ.
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@mr.macabre You forgot the Loch Ness Monster and Yeti, though I can argue that Yeti exists, because we have all seen him on that popular ride down in Walt Disney World - Expedition Everest. 
How do you know that the evidence exists, that it is objective, that it is true, how to evaluate it?
This is called begging the question. How do you know when a claim comports with reality?
How do you know your senses and reason are valid?
This will take care of 'claims comporting with reality as well."
âYou donât have a choice.â
You live in this world and share that which is real. That which is not demonstrable is not worth worrying about. My reason is valid as it carries with it facts, evidence and predictive power. It has a sound basis in logic or fact and is reasonable or cogent.
Now how do you tell if your senses and reason are valid?
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He can contemplate 
these very tough (lol) questions for about a year without vomiting 
on the forum.
What a particularly stupid response, even for you. I ask youâŚ
What objective evidence can you demonstrate for any deity or deities?
I made no claims about evidence. Can you not read a simple sentence?
It is supported by sufficient objective evidence.
They have 2 of them at disneylandâs matterhorn attraction. Iâve seen them both.
Yair. Been to Loch Ness, didnât once see Nessie. Sheâs very good for tourism. I bought a tin of shortbread with her portrait on it.
If confronted by one who is deeply superstitious and gullible, usually here, I explain:
I do not believe in Gods, an afterlife, the soul, angels, demons, heaven ,hell, ghosts, mediums, fortune telling, the paranormal, alien visitations, dragons, mountain trolls and fairies at the bottom of my garden. (this is not an exhaustive list)
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The full article linked below is worth reading if youâre not familiar.
@boomer47 Donât forget about Disney fairies like Tinker Bell from âPeter Panâ, or "Cinderella or the three from the movie âSleeping Beautyâ. All imaginary, but great for the little kidsâŚuntil they grow up.
AhâŚwhat a great movie. Brings back so many good memories of my childhood. Oh well.
Bibbity Bobbity Boom, baby!
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The âfairy talesâ of The Brothers Grimm are mainly sanitised folk tales, far more gruesome than than the Disneyesque pap children are fed.
The term âfairy taleâ can have much darker meanings.
Me? I cried when Bambiâs mum got killed. Also hid under a chair during much of a Lassie movie. How old was I? Oh about 30 I guess, why do you ask?
Itâs an odd evolutionary trait, that makes us attentive parents, when we see a child in distress we find it unbearable. Even a cartoon child.
I put Dumbo on for the grandchildren, and busied myself elsewhere during the sad bits, but being sure to ask if they were ok.
When Dumbo cries outside the locked wagon for his mother, and she comforts him through the bars, I made sure I had something to see to in another room.
âŚbut yeah the films bring back memories, and watching the grandchildren stare enraptured while Judy Garland sings somewhere over the rainbow from a film made the year my parents were born was pretty specialâŚ