[bvw]

Two straight lines parallel at one point will remain parallel at every other point, and never cross. That is a basic postulate. 1 + 1 = 2, another postulate. Postulates are where you start from, they are the base around which a system of logic or proof is built and yet they are truths "outside" the proof-system.

The Holy Text and Revelation at Sinai are not hypotheis nor theory, they are Primal Truth.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Two straight lines parallel at one point will remain parallel at every other point, and never cross.

That depends on your definition of parallel line. Both denials are equally valid.

[WildTurkey]

Two straight lines parallel at one point will remain parallel at every other point, and never cross.

Perhaps you have never heard of non-Euclidean geometry ...

[WildTurkey]

The Holy Text and Revelation at Sinai are not hypotheis nor theory, they are Primal Truth.

Only if you believe the men that got together and voted on what to include and exclude from the Bible ...

[Ichneumon]

Two straight lines parallel at one point will remain parallel at every other point, and never cross. That is a basic postulate. 1 + 1 = 2, another postulate. Postulates are where you start from, they are the base around which a system of logic or proof is built and yet they are truths "outside" the proof-system.

No, actually, they're not. Congratulations, your understanding of mathematics hasn't progressed beyond what was known in the mid-1850's...

With the advent of consistent non-Euclidean geometries in the 19th century, it was realized that postulates are *not* "truths outside the proof-system", and there are in fact opposing postulates which can still be used as the foundation of consistent, meaningful formal systems.

The Holy Text and Revelation at Sinai are not hypotheis nor theory, they are Primal Truth.

That's one hypothesis, certainly.

[Junior]

How do you test the "Primal Truth" of Scripture to know that it is "Primal Truth?" Do you match it up against the real world?