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Originally Posted by ann ashtray
And it's not like saying the earth is flat....that was something (thankfully) we had the tools to disprove. The superstitious mind believed the earth was flat and dropped into a pit full of demons....basically the same sort of people that believe in ghost (and sorry knox, there is no evidence...if so, please present it). The skeptical mind proved the earth is round. Just like the skeptical mind proved that bad weather doesn't equate to an angry god.
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Yeah, but skepticism means suspending judgement until a point has been proven, and hevusa is not suspending judgement at all.
Generally speaking I think a lot of people mistake skepticism to mean being closed minded to anything that goes against what is accepted by mainstream thought.