Agree/disagree: Because I can't prove leprechauns don't exist, it's reasonable to assume that they're real?

Question

You guys are really confusing me!

Answer 1

No, it is not at all reasonable. You cannot prove or disprove many things that others can. I see some loony illogic in the answers. Failure to disprove anything does not automatically make it real.

Answer 2

I have read a post somewhere in the Internet regarding your theoritical view of leprechauns. I don't know if people will agree to him or not but you may be able to get something from it. From author Mikehager on the Topic: "If you believe in god, you have to believe in leprechauns".

It is my contention that accepting the existence of a deity logically forces the believer, if they are consistent, to also believe in myriad other fanciful imaginings. I provide my argument below, with leprechauns being used where any conceivable, unprovable proposition could be substituted.

1. Any proposition must be provable or unprovable.

2. Unprovability is an absolute quality. I.e. one thing cannot be more or less unprovable than another.

3. The existence of a divine being or beings is unprovable.

4. The existence of leprechauns is unprovable.

A. Therefore, the existence a divine being or beings and the existence of leprechauns are equally unprovable.

B. It is illogical and inconsistent to accept one while dismissing the other when both are equally unprovable.

However, I believe that faith is irrational and need not provide proof in order for us to believe that a being really exists, in these case the presence of leprechauns. So I agree with your viewpoint that since we cannot prove it's existence, then it is safe to assume that they do exist. This is a preference on the side of the believer so that should not be questioned. Goodluck!

Answer 3

It's impossible to prove a negative, but that doesn't mean that it's at all likely that they exist. There were people living in the British Isles before modern people that were referred to as "the old ones." They may have been the ones who built Stonehenge and the barrows. They were supposedly shorter, which may have led to the idea of fairies, leprechauns and the like. I've seen early references to "fairies" which did not picture them to be as small as we imagine them now--more like about 3-4 feet high.

Answer 4

if it didn't exist why would they have the name leprechaun? quantum physics states that like Schrodinger's cat the cat is both alive and dead until the observer observes the box. since the observer has reason to assume since it has a name leprechaun then therefor something exists that takes upon itself the characteristics of the form of that name. (leprechaun- small Irish red headed dude dancing around a thick cauldron of gold at the end of a rainbow)
mournyngwolf
solitary practitioner of Wicca and wizardry

Answer 5

The reasoning you use follows the priciple of "anything is possible"

So if you believe in leprechauns because you can't prove they don't exist then you could believe in faeries, trolls, bigfoot or almost any other thing you wanted to.

Answer 6

It is specious logic. I have a magic rock. It protects me from bear attacks. In my entire life I've never been attacked by a bear, therefore the rock must really work, right? People believe in God as an article of faith. It is not subject to any sort of proof. If you wish to believe in leprechauns as an article of faith, than do so, but do no regard an absence of evidence as proof. I'm really glad our justice system doesn't work that way.

Answer 7

Agree, in a sense that it doesn't mean that since we can't prove it, it's not there..
just like God, i know God is here, there and everywhere.. even though i can't see Him..

but Disagree, coz for me leprechauns don't exist..

=)

Answer 8

Haven't met one personally. But I dated a psychic once, and we were talking about magic, and I did a half-butt magic circle,
being a little buzzed.
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!
I opened the door and there was noone there. She said 2
spirits walked in. I won't bore you with all the details. But later
I saw a little man run across the floor.
I asked her if she saw it and she said no.
Suddenly, I perceived a little man floating in the window curtain.
She said she saw that. And said he was a KING!
I called on God to calm things down.
And then we sat there and watched as a stick in the corner
was moving in a wavy way, like an opening to another
dimension.
Later, I learned there is a King of the Earth elementals called
GOB. Did he honor me with a visit?

Answer 9

Disagree. Proving a negative is a logical fallacy. Bad rhetoric.

Answer 10

I agree. I love leprechauns!