(September 16, 2017 at 10:32 pm)SteveII Wrote:(September 16, 2017 at 11:26 am)Mr.wizard Wrote: I'm pointing out that you defined evidence as facts that support a conclusion and you just acknowledged that claims of the testimony may not be fact, therefore by your own standards for evidence that you set up testimony would not count as evidence. Then you said in the OP that testimony will be considered evidence for religions, which i'm pretty sure is special pleading.
Testimony is an assertion of fact.
Provided someone is testifying truthfully, then at best they are asserting what they think is true.
(September 16, 2017 at 10:32 pm)SteveII Wrote: If you want to believe the person you accept the content of the testimony as fact.
Fixed that for you (with my bolded).
