alphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 3 days agoThe Religious Right in the United Stateslemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1890arrow-down116
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minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agohow can it be possible to be wrong if there is no definitive correct answer?
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoJust because it isn’t possible to know doesn’t mean there isn’t a definite correct answer. A destination can exist without a pathway to it.
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agookay prove it. otherwise you’re just making an assumption.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 hours agoWhat did I have for breakfast this day 20 years ago? You don’t know who I am You don’t know where I live You don’t know what is culturally accepted for breakfast for me You don’t have any way to get a recording/CCTV video of me eating on that day You do not have any pathway to arrive at the correct answer. However there is still a correct answer. I did in fact eat breakfast 20 years ago.
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoyes but you have to consider that with a religious text there may not have been a single intended interpretation. that’s like half the fun of mysticism after all
how can it be possible to be wrong if there is no definitive correct answer?
Just because it isn’t possible to know doesn’t mean there isn’t a definite correct answer.
A destination can exist without a pathway to it.
okay prove it. otherwise you’re just making an assumption.
What did I have for breakfast this day 20 years ago?
You don’t know who I am
You don’t know where I live
You don’t know what is culturally accepted for breakfast for me
You don’t have any way to get a recording/CCTV video of me eating on that day
You do not have any pathway to arrive at the correct answer. However there is still a correct answer. I did in fact eat breakfast 20 years ago.
yes but you have to consider that with a religious text there may not have been a single intended interpretation. that’s like half the fun of mysticism after all