I should easily choose the strange over the normal, madam, were it true that you exemplified the latter.
Alas, wounded to the quick by a pompous asswipe. :rolleyes:
Madam, next time please use toilet paper; it’s softer. And next time please don’t tell us about your sanitary accidents.
So, what exactly did you mean by “The followers of Ptolemy on this board”?
And, for that matter, were you challenging anyone in specific for satisfaction? I’m reasonably sure that, in such a varied group, at least one member of this board is equipped to respond to your request in one way or another.
Is english your second or third language? Were you raised by large tomes? Do you not understand the difference between philosophical groups of ancient greece and a mode of thought that is based on judging the preponderance of the evidence?
The preponderance of the evidence, by the way, seems to suggest that you have changed merely your words and not your actions. Perhaps you would care to do some light research on out of body experiences, and report your actual conclusions, keeping in mind that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof, that a premise must be falsifiable, and if there are two or more ways something may happen, the simpler answer is more likely to be true.
Reason is my ruler, Aeschines. That is why a smarmy declaration of Conversion To Skepticism after ten pages of skeptic-bashing across two threads is, as we skeptics say, insufficient evidence. And be you skeptic or fool or Christ incarnate, your vicious, emotionally charged opinion of your enemies has no place in a truly sincere apology.
However, I expect no apology from you; I demand none; you owe me none. I do not have the power to require it of you, but I would be pleased to see reform.
I also owe you no apology. I will not apologize for my opinion. If you are not expected to apologize for asserting your opinion of the behavior of your opponents, I am free to express my opinion of your behavior here, and I have done. That is why this forum exists within the SDMB. One is never required to attend one’s own Pitting; indeed, it is not always a very good idea.
I am comfortable with my own behavior on the SDMB, in this forum and others, and the few regrets I have don’t involve any discussions that required you, sir. If my reform is called for, someone will surely make it known to me by starting a Pit thread in my own dubious honor, and the Pit will judge whether I am deserving or unworthy of that attack. By counting your supporters here in the Pit, you may see how you have thus far been judged.
If you wish to be sincere, apologize without rancor, without exception, without exclusions and qualifications and justifications and reasons, and proceed to live up to your apology without fanfare. Contrition should not come in quintuplicate with two signatures in red ink. Apology is not quid pro quo. Remorse does not need to get in the final word.
Here it is. Your first real victory. I concede. I am unable to formulate an appropriate response. You’re the man Aeschines. It doesn’t give you skeptic status, but it does mean you won a pissing contest with a woman. Savor it.
Double check that dignity. It may have recently went missing on you.
Have I been cheated here? No-one came round to gird my loins…and I was looking forward to some loin girding.
How can we deprive you of that one thing which you have never possessed?
Aeschines– in Kindergarten, we had a kid who was just like you. Until we stuck his tongue in the electric socket, when the teacher wasn’t looking.
After that, he was fine. 
Cool! So glad this thread was opened. I wanted to ask Aeschines in the Remote Viewing thread, but didn’t realized until I was engrossed in it that it had been locked…
You have a Masters Degree in Science, but in what field? Personally I have a Bachelor of Arts but that does no good in helping people understand what I studied (Mass Communications in case anyone was curious…yes yes, it’s a sham degree, I know) I’m curious to know what you majored in that helps reinforce your beliefs in the supernatural.
I think you missed the memo Max Carnage: Remember, like Dr. Science, he has a masters degree… in Science! 
The Ghost thread reminded me of one favorite Dr. Science bit:
“Q- Who was Casper the Friendly Ghost before he died?
A-Cartoon parapsychologists believe that, in his previous life, Casper was Elmer Fudd. Note the same up-turned nose and oversized bald head. As punishment for a life of rabbit hating, Fudd must haunt the earth in the company of insipid ponies"
Why do Pit threads only go to page 2?
Magic. The Pit Elves always build the pages juuuuust the right size.