barracuda » Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:13 pm wrote:Mason I Bilderberg wrote:barracuda » Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:44 am wrote:For the sake of argument, Mason, let's say I believe in the human/alien hybrid thesis, and that I do so simply as a matter of faith, literally believing the idea as presented by Icke.
What happens next? I mean, what is your response to that position when you actually encounter it in a true believer?
... if you were to accept it as a matter of faith, i guess that eliminates my question of evidence, but i would still wonder how you square this belief with Icke's other theories of secret societies and brotherhoods running the world. Icke contends these secret societies and brotherhoods are, in fact, alien-human hybrids.
Okay, but do you understand that in that case you've been asking the wrong question? I.e.:
Mason I Bilderberg wrote:do you believe in alien-human hybrids?
Mason I Bilderberg wrote:Do you believe a human-alien hybrid exists, or has ever existed, in a tangible, walking and talking form?
Etc. You've been asking about belief systems when what you really seem to want is to confront evidence.
It is proper to ask "Do you believe" before asking "Why do you believe." Asking only "what evidence do you believe" would presume you believed in human-alien hybrids. No? Wait a second, did
you assume I assumed the people here believed in human-alien hybrids?
Of
course i'm looking for evidence. Stop feigning outrage that i deceived you. If i want somebody's opinion on the taste of Pepsi i want to find somebody who has tasted Pepsi.
I haven't been asking the wrong question, i simply didn't say "pretty please with a cherry on top." Instead of saying "if you are an Icke supporter," i should have been saying "if you ever defended Icke." Whodathunk?
And all this time i thought i was just misunderstood.
barracuda » Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:13 pm wrote:Mason I Bilderberg wrote:From what i've read and heard, Icke presents alien-human hybrids as a matter of fact. He even claims to have witnessed shapeshifting.
Yes, and some of his adherents make the same claims. That is evidence, no? Eyewitnesses? Do you consider them to simply be lying, or are they deluded, or what? Make yourself clear, please.
I believe i've been asking for
credible evidence. Anecdotal evidence is not credible when dealing with incredible claims. If i'm wondering if my toast is toasted, i am willing to trust the word of an eyewitness staring into my toaster. If somebody claims shapeshifting human-alien hybrids walk the earth and orchestrates world events, the claim is extraordinary and requires extraordinary evidence - certainly something more direct than eye and ear witnesses.
barracuda » Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:13 pm wrote:Mason I Bilderberg wrote:This is going to be anticlimactic:
What evidence convinces you they exist?
Yes, anticlimactic in the extreme. You've spent pages and pages dancing around what you really want to ask. Why is that? Why didn't you simply come out right away looking for evidence rather than playing Joe McCarthy with the board?
Okay. It's my fault a simple inquiry was deflected, avoided, distracted from and parsed for 50 pages. Now that your fine detective work has exposed my deceptive and sinister desire for evidence, prepare for another 50 pages of deflections, avoidance, distractions and parsing of words.
(Hint: Nobody is REQUIRED to participate in this thread. That's why i made my question conditional - "IF you believe, support or have ever defended Icke …")