[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by GGG

It wasn’t a clever putdown. It was an example of how absurd your argument was. Most ghost claims can’t be proven false given the lack of physical evidence.

Hmmm, I never suggested ghosts were real. Just the opposite. That shows how ####ty your reading comprehension skills are.

You have to believe UFO abductee experiences

And

You have to believe Ghost encounter experiences

Actually, you don't. The only thing you have to do is determine the validity of the memories. This is a determination of what the person believes to be true and trying to determine the reliability of the memory.

That you feel insulted by your own logic is on you.

I don't feel insulted. I actually don't feel anything about this, or toward you, other than embarrassment for you. I felt sorry for you by your weak attempt at a put down. I've dealt with much smarter and wittier people than you, so your attempt was just so embarrassingly weak that I felt it best to give you tips on how to be better in your weak personal attacks.

Also you appear to have moved the goal post as you are now saying they have memories not that those memories are real.

It's not moving the goalposts, its reality. The memories that people have are the memories that people have. For you to suggest that you know better without proper examination is a joke. How can you possibly know the condition of someone without either interviewing them, or placing the trust in the individua that did interview them? That's the thing. If the methodology is consistent, I tend to believe the clinician, because they are educated and versed in these interviews.

Originally Posted by jammies

Ghosts are extremely unlikely to exist. If your logic leads to believing they do, there is a flaw in your logic, premises, or both. If ghosts did exist, the multitude of attempts to obtain proof of them should have succeeded by now.

Agreed. Which is why I don't think such entities exist.

[/QUOTE]Unlike aliens, ghosts can be tied to a location or a person. That no one has found any evidence of them outside of people's memories is almost certainly due to there not being any ghosts to leave such evidence.[/QUOTE]

Preaching to the choir sister. I find it highly unlikely that ghosts exist, but unlike you, I am still open to the possibility, should someone present some convincing evidence. I have yet to see that, but if they did, I would reconsider my position. You? You made up your ignorant little mind a long time ago.

I guess my reductio ad absurdum didn't deter someone who is more willing to believe in the ridiculous rather than contemplate the thought he might be wrong.

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No one said ghosts exist. NO ONE. I didn't even suggest there was a possibility for them to be real, even though I try to maintain an open mind to the possibility should evidence be forwarded. What I actually presented was a case to explain away the NDE, which is very much the basis for the belief of the soul and the trapped soul explanation for paranormal activity. It is the brain making a last gasp as relevance before we depart this mortal coil, kind of like every single thought you have and try to pass off as being germane to any serious discussion. So take your reducto absurdum (I love the wikipedia generation) and stow it in your ignarus prope animo asino, because you completely swung at a pitch in the dirt and accused me of something I clearly did not suggest. Reading comprehension is strictly optional for the millennial set.