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Thread #142452   Message #3299644
Posted By: Steve Shaw
31-Jan-12 - 10:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Young Earth Creationism Eureka!
Subject: RE: BS: Young Earth Creationism Eureka!
As one of the most rabid atheists hereabout ;-) I'd have to opine that telepathy is only very slightly more likely to exist than God. We would have to detect some kind of transmitter and receiver in the human brain that, as yet, we know nothing about, and some kind of energy that could travel between brains that we appear, as yet, also to know nothing about. As with God, we could never say it's impossible, but it's slightly odd that we are at precisely the same point (i.e., point zilch) in comprehending the nature of either. In the case of telepathy, working on the assumption that it isn't pure magic (in which case I give up), you'd think we'd be somewhere with it by now. We need evidence, not anecdotes alone. I am certain that I once saw ball lightning over Epping Forest. But it was in the early hours of the morning and, try as I might, I couldn't find any other witnesses. I don't see much point in sitting here asserting that I know for certain that ball lightning exists, because I simply don't have evidence, just the anecdote. I wouldn't force that on anyone, despite what I know.