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| Subject: | | Re: my thoughts |
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Karl
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Thu, Sep 10 2009, 7:39am
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Your mind won't fall out if it is securely in place, no matter how open it may be. But one must take care when opening their minds to extraordinary things.
Sometimes a particular approach "seals it", and sometimes it doesn't. There are always variables. But I have to agree with Irish that there are no variables when it comes to the existence or non-existence of cryptids; it's either one or the other, it can't be both. There is no "middle ground" for existence. The lines are clearly established, and therefore I see no fault in taking sides. I am on the side of doubt and disbelief, and I write blogs that support my choice.
I don't know if we'll ever be able to explain all things beyond our atmosphere, but I feel confident that explanations can be found for everything that occurs on our planet. I'm just as confident that there will always be people that reject those explanations. |
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| Subject: | | Re: my thoughts |
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cabbageweevil
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Thu, Sep 10 2009, 9:45am
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No fault seen, in taking sides. Wonder, though, whether existence / non-existence, is actually so totally open / shut. What about things supernatural / spiritual? / hopping between dimensions (sometimes here, including physically in all respects, sometimes not) / yes, even perhaps involvement of aliens and UFOs. I have the feeling that this angle on Bigfootery, is the least-liked of any such, by most people in the general “arena” – for an assortment of reasons; one such, likely, because of at least a couple of proponents of the paranormal in this issue over the years, having been most obnoxious in their propounding, going way beyond advancing their notions in a polite and civil manner.
Quoting a friend who in the main feels as I do about this business: “…the notion that bigfoots [if not totally imagined / “manufactured”] aren’t simply flesh and blood has merit. It explains the inexplicable – it explains everything. Yes, it replaces a small mystery (why hasn’t it been captured / found / remains been retrieved) with a bigger one (if it’s supernatural, what is it?) but to think that way is for me liberating. It’s also unsatisfying as well, though, because it points to the conclusion that the mystery will never evolve, there will never be a body, or great footage or anything to change the status quo. It explains why they’re not found, but it doesn’t explain how they’re not found, or what they are. Plus, it begs a million questions about the nature of the supernatural…”
Holding notions along those lines (and not reckoning self likely – for one thing, not interested enough – to espouse, with absolutely no sense-making evidence, any particular paranormal “line”) – what would make most sense for me to do, would be to abandon my interest in Bigfoot, and most other cryptids, and turn my attention to something more likely to lead somewhere. However; have been interested in this matter for most of now-in-its-latter-stages lifetime: it’s fascinating to read other interested folks’ deliberations about it. Plus – I cling to a faint hope that just possibly, Bigfoot is a purely-flesh-and-blood pongid / hominid/ whatever creature, of quite amazing stealth / intelligence / elusiveness, which might in the end be discovered. That would, for me, be the most cool thing of all – much preferable to its being a matter of the boring old supernatural / unknowable, which has perplexed mankind since time began. |
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| Subject: | | Re: my thoughts |
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Jenkie
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Thu, Sep 10 2009, 3:18pm
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I, for one, am firmly convinced of what some call "supernatural" forces, and am what one must consider an optimistic skeptic concerning the existence of BF; that is, I truly hope such a creature exists, yet am continually disheartened by the lack of objective evidence surfacing over the last 15 years.
That said, I have never seriously entertained theories that rely on paranormal or supernatural explanations concerning bigfoot. Perhaps an example of selectively applying Occam's Razor to my reasoning....
Jenkie - wearing my heart on my arm, but under my sleeve |
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| Subject: | | Re: my thoughts |
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Karl
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Thu, Sep 10 2009, 7:11pm
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I cannot deny the possibilty of "supernatural forces", science has not explained everything. Still, I feel confident that explanations will eventually be found. |
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| Subject: | | Re: my thoughts |
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Karl
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Thu, Sep 10 2009, 7:08pm
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Considering the supernatural and paranormal basically gives one permission to make up the rules, which allows them to believe anything is likely, however unlikely it might be.
The paranormal is backed up by nothing more than say-so. While many find that acceptable, I do not.
I believe that without the regulations of the scientific method, we would blindly wander back into the dark ages, and start burning witches again.
I'm sorry, but I will always reject paranormal considerations and a supernatural Bigfoot.
As for alien intervention; I cannot say that extraterrestrials do not exist, but if they do, I have seen nothing that convinces me that they have ever visited this planet. |
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