Sunday, January 17, 2010

on certainty 236


236. If someone said “The earth has not long been …” what would he be impugning? Do I know?

Would it have to be what is called a scientific belief? Might it not be a mystical one? Is there any absolute necessity for him to be contradicting historical facts? or even geographical ones?



do I know what he would be impugning? – no

would it have to be a scientific belief? – no

might it not be a mystical one? – yes

is he necessarily –

contradicting historical and geographical facts? –

no


© greg t. charlton. 2010.