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Why, Jay. Who gets to decide? You and I, of course
(wink).
--- Jay Heuman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Indigo,
>
> As we agree, this is preaching to the choir . . .
> <pun intended>
>
> To play a counter-Devil's advocate:
>
> Who gets to decide which so-called "facts" are
> included or omitted, distorted or embellished,
> understated or overstated, created or denied?
>
> Peter Novick's brilliant study of historical
> objectivity -- That Noble
> Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' in the American
> Historical Profession
> (Cambridge University Press, 1988) -- reveals that
> the basic so-called
> "facts" of history are subjectively determined.
> That's how we end up with
> radically different histories from historians with
> radically different
> agendas. If "facts" in the recent past can be
> manipulated, surely
> prehistorical "facts" regarding "Creation," recorded
> in the mythopoetic tome
> called "the Bible," can be (and are) manipulated in
> the service of various
> agendas.
>
> So, how could they use "facts" to convince? Faith
> is faith because, well,
> it's not based on logical proof or material
> evidence. It is illogical;
> hence, an entire branch of psychology is devoted to
> reconciling how religion
> functions with its inherent understanding that
> religious faith does not mean
> (by default) that someone is psychologically unwell.
>
> Best,
> Jay
>
>
Indigo Nights
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