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Originally Posted by ILG
...And then those who want the facts. I want the facts. That's all. And those are sometimes hard to find.
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Amen. And the bigger problem is, even after deciding upon what the facts are, there can still be different ways to assemble the same set of facts. Eventually we should (or have to) depend upon the earned credibility of the "expert" community, meaning people who spend their whole lives focusing on a specific issue. That's why in the science world, "peer review" is such a big deal for establishing credibility of any claim. In Bible scholarship, for example, if 85% of lifelong scholars agree on a certain point of history, archeology, or textual origin, I'll tend to believe the 85%. Some people go with the other 15% because it suits their previous theology better. Fine with me--there are few "facts" that aren't themselves negotiable, but only when given better evidence.
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