Here is your chance,can you prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that leprechauns don't exist?

Question

So tired of people saying prove a negative. So, now it's their turn. Prove that leprechauns don't exist eh? Come on now, EVIDENCE.

Answer 1

You cannot prove that leprechauns don't exist. You can however prove a negative if the subject has properties that contradict one another. For example, there is no such thing as a square circle or a married bachelor. These things cannot possibly exist because by definition they have properties that contradict each other. This is the same way it is with the god of the Bible, the Christian god cannot possibly exist. Leprechauns may exist, the Christian god does not.

Answer 2

A logical person would say that we can't proove the existance of leprechauns because we haven't seen any outside of movies.

Then if you take this question to religion, it makes you wonder, doesn't it? We believe God/Jesus exists because people before us said so. It's pretty much something passed on from generation to generation.

So maybe leprechauns do exist and some just choose not to believe because they need physical proof. Or, maybe few people have seen then, and the rest of us just need to believe that they do.

Answer 3

Great question. Perhaps they do exist. I have no evidence but if they are a physical entity it should be possible to find a way to capture or measure them, thus, evidence.
Evidence, from an empirical, scientific epistemology requires measurement.
Might it be possible to measure the influence of God in the behavior of those claiming to be influenced by God and compare their behavior with those who do not claim to be influenced by God.
For example, data reveals that Evangelical Christians are as likely as any other religious or non-religious group to choose abortions. They claim to be influenced by God yet their behavior demonstrates clearly that there is no difference. Therefore, God has no influence and, therefore, does not exist.
Nietzsche made the observation that God is dead. Christians often react too quickly and slam the book shut without reading the whole statement which is generally the following: A madman carried a lantern through the streets of the town crying, "God is dead, God is dead. And we have killed God by not attending to Him."
Might it be possible to test this theory empirically to see if Christians are as likely to engage in the seven deadly sins as other groups, to commit crimes as other groups, or behave immorally as other groups. I believe so. We should first take a look at those who are prominent self-proclaimed adherents of the religion. For example, we could listen to Pat Robertson, a lawyer and minister and presidential candidate who proclaims to be lots of things. Then we could review all of the things he has said on TV. We might ask if he has ever recommended that anyone be murdered or that he suggested that property be stolen (like a country's oil). That way we could assess his real behavior compared to his professed beliefs.
Pat Robertson is a lying, greedy, murdering scum bag. Like Jimmy Carter said, if you have thought it in your heart, you have done the sin.
Kenny Boy Lay of Enron fame was also reported to be a Christian. I may see these two bastards in hell and I hope to contribute a lot to their pain.

Answer 4

I just can't because I KNOW the exist. There's a little bit of magic in all of us.

Mythology
Leprechauns rarely appear in what would be classed as a folk tale; in almost all cases the interest of these stories centres round a human hero. Stories about leprechauns are generally very brief and generally have local names and scenery attached to them. The tales are usually told conversationally as any other occurrence might be told, whereas there is a certain solemnity about the repetition of a folk-tale proper.

In most tales and stories leprechauns are depicted as generally harmless creatures who enjoy solitude and live in remote locations, although opinion is divided as to if they ever enjoy the company of other spirits. Although rarely seen in social situations, leprechauns are supposedly very well spoken and, if ever spoken to, could make good conversation.


A leprechaun is shown crafting shoes in this Engraving made in 1858. In previous years leprechauns had a less homogenised appearance.Among the most popular of beliefs about leprechauns is that they are extremely wealthy and like to hide their gold in secret locations, which can only be revealed if a person were to actually capture and interrogate a leprechaun for its money.

By nature, leprechauns are said to be ill-natured and mischievous, with a mind for cunning. Many tales present the leprechaun as outwitting a human, as in the following examples.

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Examples of tales involving leprechauns
A farmer or young lad captures a leprechaun and forces him to reveal the location of his buried treasure. The leprechaun assures him that the treasure is buried in an open field beneath a particular ragwort plant. The farmer ties a red ribbon to the plant, first extracting a promise from the leprechaun not to remove the ribbon. Releasing the leprechaun, he leaves to get a shovel. Upon his return he finds that every weed in the field has been tied with an identical red ribbon, thus making it impossible to find the treasure.[8] [9]

In another story, a young girl finds a leprechaun and bids him show her the location of his buried money. She takes him up in her hand and sets out to find the treasure, but all of a sudden she hears a loud buzzing behind her. The leprechaun shouts at her that she is being chased by a swarm of bees, but when she looks around there are no bees and the leprechaun has vanished. [10]

In other stories they are told of riding shepherds' dogs through the night, leaving the dogs exhausted and dirty in the morning.

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Appearance
The leprechaun originally had a different appearance depending on where in Ireland he was found.[11] Prior to the 20th century, it was generally agreed that the leprechaun wore red and not green. Samuel Lover, writing in the 1831 describes the leprechaun as,

... quite a beau in his dress, notwithstanding, for he wears a red square-cut coat, richly laced with gold, waistcoat and inexpressible of the same, ****** hat, shoes and buckles. [12]
Yeats, in his 1888 book entitled Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry describes the leprechaun as follows:

He is something of a dandy, and dresses in a red coat with seven rows of buttons, seven buttons on each row, and wears a ******-hat, upon whose pointed end he is wont in the north-eastern counties, according to McAnally, to spin like a top when the fit seizes him.[13]
In a poem entitled The Lepracaun; or, Fairy Shoemaker, the 18th century Irish poet William Allingham describes the appearance of the leprechaun as:


A cluricaun with a jug of wine. The cluricaun is often confused with the leprechaun....A wrinkled, wizen'd, and bearded Elf,
Spectacles stuck on his pointed nose,
Silver buckles to his hose,
Leather apron - shoe in his lap... [14]
Some commentators accuse Allingham of leaving the legacy of the modern image of the leprechaun described below. [15]

The modern image of the leprechaun is almost invariant: he is depicted wearing an emerald green frock coat, and bestowed with the knowledge of the location of buried treasure, often in a crock of gold.

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Related creatures
The leprechaun is related to the cluricaun and the far darrig in that he is a solitary creature. Some writers even go as far as to substitute these second two less well-known spirits for the leprechaun in stories or tales to reach a wider audience. The cluricaun is considered by some to be merely a leprechaun on a spree [16].

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In politics
In the politics of the Republic of Ireland, leprechauns have been used to refer to the twee aspects of the tourist industry in Ireland [17] [18]. This can be seen from this example of John A. Costello addressing the Oireachtas in 1963:

For many years, we were afflicted with the miserable trivialities of our tourist advertising. Sometimes it descended to the lowest depths, to the caubeen and the shillelagh, not to speak of the leprechaun. [19]
Leprechauns have also been used in jokes regarding fiscal irresponsibility, the idea being that the politician or political party being attacked has found a pot of gold, or is going to ask a leprechaun for the location of such a pot, accommodating their spending.

The term leprechaun language, used by some Unionists in Northern Ireland, is a pejorative for the Irish language. [20]

Answer 5

Nope, I can't prove they don't exist. Wouldn't bother me if they did! I think it would be really cool.

Answer 6

I live with one. They DO exist.

Answer 7

Do not get tired. Get used to it or ship out. People are here for different reasons. My driving force is Jesus.

Answer 8

Do leprechauns go to heaven when they die?

Answer 9

But they do exist.

Answer 10

I saw a couple of movies, I though leprechans were real. :)