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To: kosta50

My larger point is that there is nothing possible of the sort of hard objective proof for anything on this level for this time period. (I’m not sure if it is even possible for our own time period.)

However, absence of evidence, etc…

What does one do, in your opinion, with the realm of religion, the search for truth about reality past that possible with reason/logic, in this case?

Is certain objective historical accuracy the only way, the only knowledge possible? And therefore, in this area, knowledge is impossible?


13,286 posted on 10/19/2010 9:59:12 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr
The problem is that the accuracy of your religious belief is inseparable from, and depends on the accurate sequence of historical events alleged. If the accuracy of the historical events and their sequence cannot be established as certainty, then the accuracy of your beliefs base don them is also in question.

If it were a simple belief in an eternal supernatural being, who is good, merciful, etc., and who has revealed himself to mankind spiritually some 2,000 years ago, then obviously historical accuracy would be a moot point; the faith in him would not depend on factual historical accuracy but on pure belief in the existence of such a supernatural being independent of time, or tradition.

13,366 posted on 10/20/2010 7:18:48 AM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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