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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (78005)10/21/2003 5:05:29 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
It is natural to examine beliefs and see if there are more secure foundations. One cannot know that it is futile without trying. At least one might clarify the grounds of belief, and the stakes. Besides, there are various types of knowledge, not all of them publicly provable. I could easily prove that I was born in such and such a year, at such and such a time, because of documentary evidence, but I could not readily prove that I had my first real kiss while sitting in the snow evading a team with whom the girl and I were having a snow ball fight. I could not prove that I read "1984" for the first time in elementary school. I could not prove to the satisfaction of a jury that one of my brothers used to hit me to make me hit back, then would start bawling in order to get me in trouble, if he denied it. And yet all of these things are true. The possibility that some people have had valid religious experiences which cannot be proven cannot be excluded. Maybe some people do know, or have known.......
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