# Reality **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 16, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101 "2011-05-16T16:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![classyladyhp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/121 "2011-05-16T19:07:00Z")
How will he ever go on???^^^^ What do you mean the tooth fairy is not real??? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/122 "2011-05-16T19:07:35Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > No, it is your lack of honesty and integrity about the evidence presented to you that is nonsense. You just don’t care about any evidence that reveals your skepticism to be a lie. In fact, you can’t handle it. We’re being indulgent considering you’ve mostly posted nonsense and excuses, not to mention that you’re engaging in a series of fallacious arguments. If you are going to break the rules of the site, I will ban you without thinking twice about it. **LAST CHANCE** : post some direct evidence for your claims. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/123 "2011-05-16T19:07:36Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > Yes, I did but if you keep playing this game with me I will pass up your posts. Look, if I argue with you I must take up a contrary position. ---
**Author:** ![classyladyhp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/124 "2011-05-16T19:08:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Well I’m not going to link to a picture of a cockatrice. I don’t even want to know what that is:cool: ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/125 "2011-05-16T19:08:18Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > No, it is your lack of honesty and integrity about the evidence presented to you that is nonsense. You just don’t care about any evidence that reveals your skepticism to be a lie. In fact, you can’t handle it. WHAT EVIDENCE???!!! Some guy posting on a website that “Hey, guys, I bet dinosaurs and dragons are the same, hur hur!” is NOT evidence. It’s unsupported speculation. I will not dignify your personal insults with a response. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Lex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@Rex\_Lex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Lex)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/126 "2011-05-16T19:08:45Z")
> [@classyladyhp](#): > > How corny:p He couldn’t even get that much right; Origin of UNICORN Middle English unicorne, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin unicornis, from Latin, **having one horn** , from uni- + cornu horn — more at horn(Mirriam Webster Dictionary) ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/127 "2011-05-16T19:09:02Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > Did you consider the creature I alluded to. It does not appear so. > > That’s because, like your comrades, you don’t care about evidence that goes against your beliefs. > > There is no reason why that creature as well as several others with single horns could not qualify. You’re so cute. Did you draw unicorns in kindergarten today? ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Lex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@Rex\_Lex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Lex)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/128 "2011-05-16T19:10:01Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > WHAT EVIDENCE???!!! > > Some guy posting on a website that “Hey, guys, I bet dinosaurs and dragons are the same, hur hur!” is NOT evidence. It’s unsupported speculation. I will not dignify your personal insults with a response. The skeptic who stand before Almighty God (like an ant before an elephants) on the day of judgment: “WHAT EVIDENCE?”:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/129 "2011-05-16T19:10:14Z")
Anecdotes, stories and apologetics are not evidence, but they can be amusing. ---
**Author:** ![classyladyhp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/130 "2011-05-16T19:11:29Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > The skeptic who stand before Almighty God (like an ant before an elephants) on the day of judgment: > > “WHAT EVIDENCE?”:rolleyes: You’re talking in riddles dude. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/131 "2011-05-16T19:11:47Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > The skeptic who stand before Almighty God (like an ant before an elephants) on the day of judgment: > > “WHAT EVIDENCE?”:rolleyes: What God? ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Lex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@Rex\_Lex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Lex)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/132 "2011-05-16T19:12:11Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > You’re so cute. Did you draw unicorns in kindergarten today? You’re so cute. Do you know the number of those you have ridiculed that ignored you after making statements like that? I’m now in that number.😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/133 "2011-05-16T19:12:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What God? Thor. I know he’s real because they made a movie about him. ---
**Author:** ![classyladyhp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@classyladyhp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/classyladyhp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/134 "2011-05-16T19:13:16Z")
Here’s proof. I found one in my backyard just now: [http://reegnum.co.cc/are-unicorns-real-1234.html](http://reegnum.co.cc/are-unicorns-real-1234.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/135 "2011-05-16T19:13:33Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > You’re so cute. Do you know the number of those you have ridiculed that ignored you after making statements like that? > > I’m now in that number.😉 Oh, however shall I cope with being ignored by you? I weep with heartbreak. Oh, wait, that’s just my allergies kicking in. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/136 "2011-05-16T19:14:12Z")
Rex, are you saying that dragons = dinosaurs and are you also saying that dragons/dinosaurs could breathe fire? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/137 "2011-05-16T19:14:23Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > The skeptic who stand before Almighty God (like an ant before an elephants) on the day of judgment: > > “WHAT EVIDENCE?”:rolleyes: And I expect the Judge of Nations to play fair and explain to me in a manner that my mind can grasp why some people feel that they need to believe in the nursery tales He gave us in the youth of the world instead of seeing His hand in the far more complex real working od nature. Or He can damn me forever, in which case I shall give Lucifer all the support I can to overthrow such a tyrant. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/138 "2011-05-16T19:17:36Z")
> [@Rex\_Lex](#): > > The skeptic who stand before Almighty God (like an ant before an elephants) on the day of judgment: > > “WHAT EVIDENCE?”:rolleyes: All right, well, at least you’ve stopped pretending you have an actual argument to put forth. Have fun with your frothing. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Lex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@Rex\_Lex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Lex)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/139 "2011-05-16T19:18:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What God? The one who answers my prayers. But that is another topic so don’t get there…yet. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101/140 "2011-05-16T19:19:44Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I love it when newbies come in here and lecture us about “reality.” The lecturer is immaterial. The thread title, “Reality”, is short, simple, and profoundly important. [Reality?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality) I think \*we \*can do the Wikipedia definition one better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality/582101.md?page=8)