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To: grey_whiskers
My point is that your arguments from lack of corroborating stories are plainly insufficient as *proof* one way or another; although they are consistent with your allegations.

If someone wants to hold onto the principle that "anything's possible," no matter how fatuous or improbable, then yes, but in the nitty gritty of history the objections I laid out are pretty unanswerable. The situation with Troy is not analogous.

168 posted on 02/25/2008 9:24:32 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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To: SpringheelJack
If someone wants to hold onto the principle that "anything's possible," no matter how fatuous or improbable, then yes, but in the nitty gritty of history the objections I laid out are pretty unanswerable. The situation with Troy is not analogous.

Again, total mischaracterization.

I was refuting the idea that lack of continuity, or lack of direct physical corroboration, are themselves necessary and sufficient grounds to reject historical narrative: but that failure to reject a narrative outright need not imply blind acceptance -- there is such a thing as "wait and see." And Troy is a case where lack of direct physical evidence, coupled with 'unreliable' features in a narrative, would have led to the rejection of the story. Hence it remains a counterexample to the principle in general.

Cheers!

189 posted on 02/26/2008 1:46:10 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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