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"God Exists!..Maybe!... or maybe even NOT!" Above statement is 100% accurate... and completely and utterly stupid and most definitely not worth publishing. In

"God Exists!..Maybe!... or maybe even NOT!" Above statement is 100% accurate... and completely and utterly stupid and most definitely not worth publishing. Indeed you are accurate as well in saying that we do not know why they visited her house for sure. But publishing an article that adds a "maybe not" to the claimed series of events brings us no closer to finding that out.

untog 13y ago
Why would "God Exists!..Maybe!... or maybe even NOT!" not be worth publishing? An article that outlines the evidence and arguments both for and against the existence of God would make for a great read. In fact, your example touches on a larger point. An article like that about God would, if presented logically, have to conclude that there is insufficient evidence that God exists- all we have to go on are people's individual written accounts, and no hard evidence. Compare that to this situation... where all we have is an individual written account and no hard evidence.
- mladenkovacevic 13y ago
  Reasonably good job on taking my sarcastic remark and applying it to this situation where it really has no business being applied to. No really, kudos. Fact 1) Woman claims she was visited by some type of joint task terrorist police force Fact 2) She claims that they asked her husband about pressure cookers and whether they knew how to make a bomb with it Fact 3) She claims to have searched for pressure cookers on Google earlier Let's just try and verify if those facts are indeed true and/or related before hand-waving the whole thing off as a "Maybe not!" because there is no "hard evidence".. okay?
  - untog 13y ago
    I'm not sure in what sense that was supposed to be sarcasm. Hyperbole, perhaps. In any case, I took it and applied a rule that applies equally in non-sarcastic/hyperbolic situations. Anyway. You've just stated that we have three entirely unverified facts. How is "maybe, maybe not" the incorrect response to that?

untog 13y ago

Why would "God Exists!..Maybe!... or maybe even NOT!" not be worth publishing? An article that outlines the evidence and arguments both for and against the existence of God would make for a great read. In fact, your example touches on a larger point. An article like that about God would, if presented logically, have to conclude that there is insufficient evidence that God exists- all we have to go on are people's individual written accounts, and no hard evidence. Compare that to this situation... where all we have is an individual written account and no hard evidence.

mladenkovacevic 13y ago
Reasonably good job on taking my sarcastic remark and applying it to this situation where it really has no business being applied to. No really, kudos. Fact 1) Woman claims she was visited by some type of joint task terrorist police force Fact 2) She claims that they asked her husband about pressure cookers and whether they knew how to make a bomb with it Fact 3) She claims to have searched for pressure cookers on Google earlier Let's just try and verify if those facts are indeed true and/or related before hand-waving the whole thing off as a "Maybe not!" because there is no "hard evidence".. okay?
- untog 13y ago
  I'm not sure in what sense that was supposed to be sarcasm. Hyperbole, perhaps. In any case, I took it and applied a rule that applies equally in non-sarcastic/hyperbolic situations. Anyway. You've just stated that we have three entirely unverified facts. How is "maybe, maybe not" the incorrect response to that?