Stuff you believe in

Simply out of statistics concerns.

I have made no "none of the above" to avoid those annoying pricks who pick all of the listed options. (*cough*)

UFOs:shock:

Of those listed, only the scientific theories are based on observed facts, so that is my selection.

I left "aliens" unchecked under the assumption that it meant ones that are alleged to have visited earth in the past 10,000 years, or are likely to pop up in the near future. It's a big universe out there, and its laws tend to promote natural selection that enables evolving complexity, so other forms of life are inevitable.

Big bang is still an iffy 80% theory.

Evolution is 100%.

Alex Libman said:

I left "aliens" unchecked under the assumption that it meant ones that are alleged to have visited earth in the past 10,000 years, or are likely to pop up in the near future. It's a big universe out there, and its laws tend to promote natural selection that enables evolving complexity, so other forms of life are inevitable.

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No, it didn't mean that, it simply meant the existence of life outside of planet Earth, preferably what we call an 'intelligent' living being.

It may sound like an obvious one for you and me, but many people choose not to believe that other intelligent life-forms exist outside of earth.

I believe in everything.


Or at least the possibility thereof.

Gardener said:

I believe in everything.


Or at least the possibility thereof.

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Then you believe in the possibility that you don't believe in everything.

Apocalypse said:

Then you believe in the possibility that you don't believe in everything.

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Even the belief in nothing is a belief in something

Apocalypse said:

Then you believe in the possibility that you don't believe in everything.

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I have begun to consider the liklihood!

Gardener said:

I believe in everything.


Or at least the possibility thereof.

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My sentiments, exactly.

All of the above.

Most of these are things you believe in without sufficent evidence yet it still includes alot of people.

I have no beliefs i wouldnt change my mind on with sufficent evidence.

I believe alien life is overwhelmingly likely. It truly stretches credulity to assume that out of hundreds of billions of galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars in them, that Earth is the ONLY world to develop life.

And obviously I believe in scientific theories.

I don't believe in any of the other things on your list, as there is no credible evidence for any of them, and (unlike aliens) no particular reason to deduce their likely existence. The Matrix is an intriguing possibility though...I have difficulty refuting some of the philosophical arguments supporting it.

Kandahar said:

I believe alien life is overwhelmingly likely. It truly stretches credulity to assume that out of hundreds of billions of galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars in them, that Earth is the ONLY world to develop life.

And obviously I believe in scientific theories.

I don't believe in any of the other things on your list, as there is no credible evidence for any of them, and (unlike aliens) no particular reason to deduce their likely existence. The Matrix is an intriguing possibility though...I have difficulty refuting some of the philosophical arguments supporting it.

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I agree however i cant say i believe in aliens as i have no evidence for their actual existence.

All of the above. Only scientific theories that are observable. I believe there are aliens but I seriously doubt any of them have abducted people or flew over the night sky for everyone and their mom to see.

I did not choose science as it is in my opinion stupid to try and compare the metaphysical to the physical, period.

I'd just like to point out that the Big Bang is a lot more heavily disputed in science than evolution, and to put all "scientific theories" into one option is silly.

The universe is literally full of millions of forms of intelligent life and much of which is likely billions of years ahead of humans in technology.

That being said we still cannot rule out there being a God in some form because the beginning of it all had to start somehow.

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I'd just like to point out that the Big Bang is a lot more heavily disputed in science than evolution, and to put all "scientific theories" into one option is silly.

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The Big Bang is not disputed. There are certain ASPECTS in the theory (e.g. whether the universe started as a point or just a very small volume, whether there was inflation, etc) that are still disputed. But the basic idea that the universe as we know it was born from virtually nothing 13.7 billion years ago, and has been expanding ever since, is not in dispute at all.

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I'd just like to point out that the Big Bang is a lot more heavily disputed in science than evolution, and to put all "scientific theories" into one option is silly.

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Yes well I couldn't be making a hundred options could I now?

The big bang is not a fact, Evolution is not a fact, hence, there is no problem here.

CaptainCourtesy said:

My sentiments, exactly.

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This is quite annoying as I was really referring to the belief in the value, and not simply the belief in the possibility of the value existence.
Hence, when you pick ghosts for example, it means that you believe that ghosts exist, period.

Apocalypse said:

This is quite annoying as I was really referring to the belief in the value, and not simply the belief in the possibility of the value existence.
Hence, when you pick ghosts for example, it means that you believe that ghosts exist, period.

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I'm sorry you find it annoying, but I do not differentiate. I leave my options open to the possibility that any of the things you mention could be true. You asked what one believes and I answered...most honest way I can. Not sure what else you are looking for.

CaptainCourtesy said:

I'm sorry you find it annoying, but I do not differentiate. I leave my options open to the possibility that any of the things you mention could be true. You asked what one believes and I answered...most honest way I can. Not sure what else you are looking for.

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No worries.

Aliens? Absolutely. Do you know just how big the universe is? What a vast waste of space if we are alone.

And there's something upstairs. What it is in the question.

And the last part is flawed. One does not believe in scientific theories. One understands them.

I believe in being open-minded. I wish more people truly held this belief.

But as for what I actually do believe out of the possibles given, my answers would still be all of the above.

Aliens - absolutely, not sure if they ever visited earth though, don't care as long as they don't try to invade in the future

God - yes, but I prefer to use "higher power" because I'm not sure about what form that power actually takes

an afterlife(heaven/hell type) - yes, but I also believe in reincarnation, so reaching it could take some lifetimes

ghosts - absolutely, I had an electric typewriter that started typing on its own when it wasn't plugged in, plus, I tend to think some places just tend to be too creepy for it not to be ghosts

spirits/souls - I think this is a must to believe in either of the two above, but along with this, I also believe in soulmates

scientific theories - definitely evolution, it just makes sense to me BBT, sure, I guess, never really cared to study it much though there are a lot more though, so it's hard to say beyond these which ones I would and wouldn't agree with

other - well, I can't really believe we are in a Matrix, but acknowledge that it is possible truly believe that the existence of supernatural creatures and magic is possible, not sure why definitely believe in extra-sensory perception (ESP for those not familiar), to include at least telepathy, telekinesis, precognition, to name a few

As I said at the start, I try to be very open minded. Lack of proof of existence does not discount the possibility of it.