No direct, observable evidence exists for George Washington crossing the Delaware River, either. Is that event nothing but empty hope, too?
So far nothing "supernatural" has been discovered. Invented, imagined, concocted, sure; not discovered
You would have to be omniscient to know that nothing supernatural has been discovered, which is self-refuting.
Cordially,
You are right, technically speaking, but the preponderance of indirect evidence that does exist suggests that there is high likelihood that he did exist. Much more than, say, Achilles.
Whether he actually said what he is rumored to have said is a different story. But the important distinction is that doubt in Washington's sayings is not something you have to fear will send you to hell. No one expects dogmatic and absolute belief of historical accounts the way Bible-worshipers insist that what's in the Bible is true and inerrant.
You would have to be omniscient to know that nothing supernatural has been discovered, which is self-refuting
No, because if it were discovered it would be known. The only thing that is self-refuting is a claim that a book, which is full or errors is without any.