Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
This, to me, is a very basic question. I can be told, by any number of people, an almost infinite number of things that they might want me to believe. So the question becomes, "on what basis should I believe them?"
We are being told (it's in the news a lot just now) that there's a "QAnon" group that is part of government, involved in trafficking children for sex. Okay, on what basis would I believe that?
If I am told that Donald Trump is the hero fighting this horrific group, and Donald Trump himself has said "I don't know who they are," on what basis would I believe that?
If I am told that the last Empress of China (Tsu Shih) had her imperial gown shipped to Mars for preservation, on what basis should I believe that?
Or how about Yeti, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Loch Ness Monster, pixies, elves, orcs, ents and Djinn? On what basis do I believe any of them?
Well, so far, there has been no evidence whatever for any of those things mentioned (and a million boatloads of other things that some people have believed), but I cannot prove them not to be true. But by the same token, nobody seems to be able to prove that a single one of them IS true.
Therefore, it seems to me, my best option is to simply ignore the topic altogether, and assume -- in the complete absence of evidence -- that they are not true, and to carry on accordingly. If I am wrong, of course, that could well come back to bite me, and I might become a victim of my own ignorance.
So far, that hasn't happened. I can't answer why not -- I can only tell you what I think.
Basically indifferent. It only pops up on RF. Outside of that, I'm a loner and really don't have need to think about it in that way much. So, I understand. I guess another thing to ask is if there are other ways one can conclude L/S/G doesn't exist outside of evidence. Are there other options?