On Dec 22, 2005, at 11:47 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 22 Dec 2005, at 7:07 pm, Dave Land wrote:
Western cultures equate truth with factuality. Nonetheless, myths,
legends and other _stories_ have tremendous truth-value despite
their being possibly apocryphal and sometimes provably unfactual.
"The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members
of the Board who voted for the ID Policy. It is ironic that several
of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their
religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover
their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy."
- Judge John E. Jones III
I think I prefer my truths to be true rather than what someone
happens to think is expediently 'true' in the service of their agenda.
Yup. The class in which this issue of factuality and truth came up is
called "Living the Questions". It is pointedly aligned with the
statement "I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the
questions." It is fiercely, perhaps excessively, leery of certitude.
A person of your opinions might find lots to like in it (plenty to
dislike, too, no doubt), but at your challenges to blind faith would
be honored.
Dave
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