Elouj wrote...
An example, there are plenty of other ancient texts that mention interacting with other worldy beings, take the sumerian tablets for example, I wouldn't exactly consider that christian.
Though, yes, my argument is based in ancient manuscripts, and if you choose not to find them reliable, then I have no way to convince you short of Samus Aran or somebody coming to chat with you.
Not that I am saying she exists.
Disregarding all ancient texts and other worldly encounters, I think the only reasoning I have for you is thus: I am awesome, I think Aliens are awesome, and therefore they are, and therefore they are as me, as I am awesome and they are awesome.
Also, how would we come up with such an idea if it didn't already exist?
Fiction? People have come up with lots of things that didn't already exist. Unless you are trying to tell me that all fiction is in fact fact that we didn't know was fact.
But that's ridiculous and frankly quite silly, both as an idea and as a sentence.
The argument "because I say so and I'm awesome," reminds me of someone I know... all the same, it's not really valid.
I accept all possibilities for a few reasons, the main one being it would be unscientific not to, but to be certain of any fact and to say that it is, in all sanity and rationality, true, I need solid proof. My head can be kindof screwy, and I can't always trust even my own experiences to be real, so I can't figure that I can take anyone on their word or experiences either. So even if I agreed with you in belief, I wouldn't be at all certain of it without proof, possibly even if I saw these aliens with my own eyes, and I was the only one to see them.
But I wouldn't want to discourage free thought, or even insanity, and I fully accept what you have said as a possibility, but it's still very unlikely.