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-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
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