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Binkie The Clown

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6. I agree
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:53 AM
Apr 2015

When I talk about UFOs, or reincarnation, or reality as virtual reality, or consciousness as a third inherent element of existence (space/time, mass/energy, information/consciousness), or near death experiences, people sometimes ask me if I "believe" in those things. No, I don't believe in them. They are interesting to speculate about, and as far as I'm concerned one or more of them might be true. I wouldn't bet the farm on any of them. I certainly don't believe in them, but oddly, to some, I don't disbelieve in them either. My sense of reality would not be shattered if an alien spacecraft landed on the White House lawn tomorrow morning, but short of that, it would take some really extraordinary evidence to persuade me to "believe" in UFOs as alien spacecraft.

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yes. n/t zappaman Apr 2015 #1
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Well that's no fun!! Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #3
It's too bad not everyone who posts here frogmarch Apr 2015 #4
I agree Binkie The Clown Apr 2015 #6
In other words...... swamp gas Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #5
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