Re: Mechanics of Fasting

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 03:02:21 -0800 (PST)

On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Mathias wrote:

> > No, he meant Yeshua. At least get it right.
>
> Fine. At least I should get this right...thought you had more sens of
> humour.

I do, and that was a joke - I forgot to put a :) at the end. It's too late
for humour.

> As for the reste of your reply, allow me to place this:
> While you and I are talking "claims", "controlled experiments", "what do
> we knows"... the persons -you are right, if they exist!- who can get by
> on this plane without eating should have lost most of their personal
> inportance by the time they can accomplish this feat, therefore they
> have nothing to prove to the world. And if they'd show off, most of the
> world would not believe their senses anyways; and perhaps the world will
> linch a few of them breatharians. In time they turn into a legend for a
> few happened to witness their feats. Later, perhaps 2000 years later,
> the cave people (hint: the Allegory of the Cave, Socrates) debate about
> such feats, the legends' names and anything else debatable.

Wait a minute, let me get this straight - they've lost most of their
personal importance and have nothing to prove to the world? Bullshit.
If they want to claim that they haven't eaten in years and are still alive
and healthy - THEY HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THEIR CLAIMS. It's called 'Burden of
Proof', remember? This concept applies just as well to charlatans claiming
'free energy', shamans claiming 'miraculous healings', and anyone else who
makes outrageous and unsubstantiated claims. Unless they're willing to
prove themselves, they should simply keep to themselves and shut up, know
what I mean?