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Originally Posted by DaveMatrix
How do you know it wont matter??? Any evidence to back that up???
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The funny thing about logic is that when the typical state of something is "nothing special," you don't need evidence to claim that it will remain as "nothing special." Where evidence
should be demanded is when someone claims that something out-of-the-ordinary will happen.
Example: You're going to die. I hope you wouldn't demand evidence of that fact before believing it. I can't prove that you're not special and have some metaphysical force that will keep you alive for all eternity, but then, I don't
need to prove that. The simple fact that the normal state of life is for it to end in death means that unless it can be proven that you
do have a metaphysical force that will keep you alive, it is safe - and appropriate - to assume that you do not, and will die.
It's the same here. Astronomical events happen all the time. Lunar eclipses used to be considered bad omens. Turns out, there's nothing particularly special about them. Planets align. It's happened before, and will happen again, and nothing spectacular has happened because of it. The list goes on.
The normal state of existence is for there to be no metaphysical correlation between rare, but nonetheless normal, events and good or bad things happening to people. I'm not against "thinking outside the box," but give me a reason to. "Such-and-such people said so, and they were pretty cool," is not a reason. For now, I am content believing that life will continue as it always has, until I see some credible reason to believe otherwise.
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Originally Posted by DaveMatrix
What Prophecy???
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Well, any number of prophecies by any number of people or civilizations. Funny how Nostradamus keeps on being wrong, until after something happens and we say "hey, I think this is actually a reference to X!"
More specifically related to this was the May 5, 2000 planetary alignment, which many people believed might be some Big Terrible Thing (TM). Seeing as how it's nearly 7 years later now, I think it's safe to say that that one, like every other "prophecy," has turned out to be a dud.