If I said a teapot orbitted the sun, but you were unable to detect it by telescope, would my saying it is there be enough to convince you it was there, especially if I had a book written 1000+ years ago to support my theory?
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No.
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only if the teapot had revealed its presence in many other ways,and I had a personal relationship with it....lol
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probably, i am a bit gullible
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Haha and does the teapot claim that it had written the book by sending messages to people who heard voices? The answer is- no, but I'll put my teacup outside in case it is going to rain teadrops. You' always need to leave a tiny gap open for the phenomenon to prove itself, lol.
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Well, no, I am not going to believe that a teapot orbits the sun. If you had said an intergalatic stapler orbits the sun in direct opposition to the earth and therefore cannot be seen by ordinary telescopes then I would have believed you, but not a teapot. (What colour cosy was on the teapot?)
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This is not my cup of tea.
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Yes, actually. I probably would =)
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Not if an anonymous person on the internet said it. But if I had been raised from birth to believe so, and had lots of people around me to reinforce that belief constantly, it might take me 20 years or more to figure out that the probability of there being a teapot orbiting the sun is slim-to-none.
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I'll take Not So Subtle References to God and the Bible for a hundred Alex! Hmmmm, I suppose that might make my answer a no.
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If you could convince me that a scone was its moon I'd wave my hands in the air and give you a "Hell yeah".
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No, because the tea would be frozen and therefore useless to me.
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Nope
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No - but if you said that the teapot was once here on earth and it has promised to come back again at some future time and make my life wonderful, easy and eternal then I'm sure many people would! AND they'd probably believe all that stuff you added about the teapot saying you must be provided with two fresh virgins at every full moon, and that your name is Earl Grey, and that you'll be transported to Teapot Orbital Heaven in the Russian Caravan - where the land flows with jam and cream and all rocks are scones...
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I believe in the teapot. I have even seen it on one or two occassions. I saw it sitting in the middle of the dance floor talking to itself when somebody put the strobe light on, just before the police raid. Oh yeah. Well it was trance night.
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Well the book really would help your case. After all, if we all had've listened to our ancestors in the first place then we wouldn't have all this division! I mean, we had eye witness accounts. Are you gonna call these people liars? What if the devout teapot worshippers down the road led a soft, fluffy life and nice things kept happening to them? Should I follow their lead? I think they would be hard to ignore until I met the devout, persecuted teapot followers in the other street. Then I might run away in fear.
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If you actually saw a teapot orbitting the sun, would you think it was always there, was created by the big bang or would you go looking for the astronaut who threw it out his window?
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One book and your saying so, does not make it a 'theory.' Go back to science class and bone up on your definitions. It might be your belief and your creed and your faith, but it isn't a theory, which can be proven or disproven with sufficient scientific investigation. You can find a book to support any hare-brained idea, but that doesn't make it a good idea; just look at how many books purport to support the idea that the American election system is the best in the world -hmm - if it is so good, why is your participation rate so low?
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Not a chance - you would have to write another book using todays idiom. But if your teapot theory was essential to my understanding of things I would certainly check all the angles to see if there was merit...
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I don't believe you exist. I reckon the computer just put a random bunch of letters on the screen that just happened to look like a question. There's alot of computers out there, it had to happen sooner or later.
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No. Here is some more information about this argument: "Russell's teapot, sometimes called the Celestial Teapot, was an analogy first coined by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), intended to refute the idea that the burden of proof lies upon the sceptic to disprove unfalsifiable claims of religions." "The concept of Russell's teapot has been extrapolated into humorous, more explicitly religion-parodying forms such as the Invisible Pink Unicorn and the Flying Spaghetti Monster." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
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A lot of my decision would rest on who wrote the book. Was it the medieval version of Erich Von Daniken? Or a large group of people who died willingly and cheerfully because they 'knew' they were right in their belief.... : )
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I would not believe it, but I could certainly accept the possibility. There is a lot of debris in orbit around the earth, perhaps some astronaut or cosmonaut had a teapot and left it up there: perhaps even as a joke in reference to this very question. As a philosophical answer, I know teapots exist, I know things can be in orbit, and I know we have a history of putting things into orbit since the 60's. Since all those factors are true, it is possible that you conclusion might be true- there is nothing to contradict it or support it.
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What about if you were an astronomer looking for life, and up until now everywhere you looked was as dead as a door nail. Okay, you haven't looked everywhere yet but you have seen alot. If you saw just one little planet that was up to it's eyeballs in life what would you think: Oh, it just happened! Aaaahh, the exception that proves the rule! Who built this then? Doesn't look too hard. Why aren't there more of them? Anyone got any other answers?
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Does the 1000+ year old book predict the coming of the teabag?
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Seeing as the EARTH orbits the sun, and there are a good many teapots on Earth, why would I bother using a telescope to find a teapot within Sol's orbit? I'll just look in my kitchen. Yep, you're right.
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No but I can't prove you wrong...
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The teapot does not exist. "When you understand why you do not accept the possibility of all of the other teapots, you'll understand why I dismiss yours."
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Bad analogy to try to disprove God. There is no scientific function or purpose for a teapot revolving around the sun. It still leaves issues like the cause of the big bang, biogenesis, the origin of human values/ethics, et cetera.
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nope,lmao I'd have to see it to believe it :) excellent way of putting that question +1000 points
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