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Originally Posted by dafischer
Am I to understand from this that you don't believe in extraterrestrial life?
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I'm glad you asked that question. I used to be hardcore into the whole UFO thing. I read lots of books on the subject (pre-internet days) and even got into the whole alien abduction thing ("missing time" and all that). I thought it was interesting and exciting that beings from another planet were visiting us. Why were they here? Where did they come from? How did they travel those distances? I was fascinated.
...Then, I started to realize that there was all this smoke, but never any fire. Never. There was no concrete evidence that any of it was true. Just rumors and shaky eyewitness testimony and fuzzy photos and lots of stuff that could have logical explanations. No actual evidence at all. Have you noticed that UFO sightings have trailed off noticeably now that everyone has cell phone cameras? Hmmm....interesting. Then the complete lack of evidence was always explained by conspiracy theories.
So, I decided that I could no longer believe.
Now, having said that, do I think that life exists somewhere out there? Absolutely. Do I think that same life is visiting the Earth and mutilating cows in Fyffe, Alabama? No.
Show me the evidence and I will believe. Simple as that. Same with ghosts, Bigfoot and weight loss supplements.