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[JohnEmmett]

Especially this one.

from a distance, things look differently than closer

 

[JohnEmmett]

 

[JohnEmmett]

Seriously, are we just being trolled here?

often the truth is rejected in favor of the mundane

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

This thread needs a soundtrack

 

[ewq1938]

 

[JohnEmmett]

…

Duchamp?

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

there are traces of nuclear activity on Mars

but it's old, a million years ago

Citation?

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

often the truth is rejected in favor of the mundane

The truth is often mundane.

 

[JohnEmmett]

The truth is often mundane.

Egypt could seem mundane

Egypt isn't mundane

 

[JohnEmmett]

Citation?

Nuclear War Killed All Life On Mars, Claims Scientist

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Egypt could seem mundane

Egypt isn't mundane

Non-sequitur. Pareidolia is mundane.

 

[JohnEmmett]

Non-sequitur. Pareidolia is mundane.

or perhaps it's doubt that affects you

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Nuclear War Killed All Life On Mars, Claims Scientist

OK. That would be interesting, except that there doesn't seem to be anything unusual about the amount of thorium or uranium on Mars - the volcanic rocks have similar amounts to terrestrial & lunar basalts, and in the non-volcanic areas they're very much lower (roughly a fifth the amount), similar to the lunar highlands. See Thorium & Uranium Content of Mars surface Rock.

 

[JohnEmmett]

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

or perhaps it's doubt that affects you

I doubt many things - what did you have in mind?

 

[JohnEmmett]

I doubt many things - what did you have in mind?

faith is an ability… it lets you accept the truth

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

faith is an ability… it lets you accept the truth

As I understand it, the most common meaning of faith is accepting something without evidence of its truth, or belief without question; i.e. the opposite of scepticism.

In secular life, it might be called credulity.

 

[JohnEmmett]

the most common meaning of faith is accepting something without evidence of its truth

belief … based on spiritual apprehension

 

[JohnEmmett]

In secular life, it might be called credulity.

life isn't secular, this is a spiritual reality

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

belief … based on spiritual apprehension

No need to be apprehensive