(July 29, 2015 at 2:37 pm)TubbyTubby Wrote:(July 29, 2015 at 2:27 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: Because none of us can undeniably show that anyone else is wrong on this point (even if we can present enough of a case to show you might be wrong), does not in and of itself make it wrong.
Either all of you are wrong or all of you are wrong apart from the right one. Which would you think gives better odds?
Tubby, every last one of us could be wrong and the answer could be something never even discussed. But how does anyone prove it with certainty? You can't. All you can do is make an argument and come to a conclusion beyond reasonable doubt. Like a court of law. the jurors might not get every piece of truth or only part of the truth, but that can make a judgment based on the evidence presented and say "this is what I believe happened based on the evidence". It might be part and parcel of what really happened but does that make the judgement any less wrong. That's why I call myself an agnostic theist. I cannot possible know with certainty but I can ascertain a belief based on the evidence. Same as you
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