Posted by David on January 03, 1997 at 09:24:54:
In Reply to: Re: Full Skeptics?? posted by grasshopper on January 02, 1997 at 20:42:34:
: : : I am certainly open to evidence...As far as I know I can not know and
: : : therefore believe (or not believe) in anything...I certainly would
: : : welcome any proof of anything. I am totally open to new ideas/theories
: : : because I have no believes of my own to close my mind.
: : You wouldn't be human if you didn't have at least somes beliefs. Do you believe that the Earth is a sphere, do you believe in the laws of physics?
: Who told you I was human...I came in on a UFO from a far away plant...
: I don't have believes, not in anything...although just to function
: here (as opposed to my home planet) one has to assume certain things
: will happen (throw a ball up and it comes down) however I don't believe
: this is nessasarily the way the universe works or even the world; thats
: just how it seems right now.
Don't you believe Descartes' Cogito: "I think, therefore I am". If you believe that, and I think it is pretty hard not to, you can start to build on that for other beliefs.