Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25360536-20140920031731/@comment-26091912-20150612092055

Coolishy777 wrote: The burden of trying to prove something falls on the person trying to prove it. I am trying to cast doubt on the argument of needing to have a cross to form a spirit weapon in regard to Ichigo. Now you're just making an appeal to ignorance; by shifting the burden of proof onto me, while simultaneously making the same postulate ad nauseam.

I'm not the one that needs to prove anything, I'm just merely pointing out the incongruity between your postulate and the material evidence. If you have a theory, you need to provide evidence to substantiate it, not make a supposition based on: what if's, possibly's and maybes.

The two pieces of evidence you provided does not prove that a cross is needed. Subjective. Unless you can prove the alternative with evidence, and give a detailed explanation. The only logical inference we can make, is that the cross is indeed necessary, until it's been demonstrated otherwise.

The syllogistic reasoning you accused me of is the same reasoning you are using. I'm using evidence to come to a conclusion from logical deduction. When I say your reasoning is syllogistic, I mean your premise seems reasonable, but your conclusion is actually fallacious (quasi-rational at best). If the alternative is plausible, then by your reckoning that somehow makes it "evidence" in and of itself, when it actually demands evidence on your part. THAT'S the difference.

I see that you're not actually contesting the necessity of the cross, so I won't belabor it anymore more here. Your saying that only Ichigo is the exception to the rule.

This is false. It's already been corroborated by Nimaiya that 'White' is Ichigo's Zanpakuto spirit and actual Zanpakuto (i.e. not a spirit weapon that the Quincy use.)