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In reply to the discussion: Malcolm Nance...Its Official... [View all]slumcamper
(1,622 posts)absurd, ridiculous, and other such accusations.
While I am grateful that you and others have resolved the answer to the question of "What constitutes certainty?" or, "Can there be certainty?" or "Is the word of anyone inviolable or beyond question," or other such "Greatest Hits" in the annals of civilizational history and philosophy, I am admittedly nowhere near your equal.
I submit to you that I remain flummoxed--or perhaps inspired?--by the statement of an aging professor of educational philosophy (who also happened to be an ordained Methodist minister, although he steered from that course due to obvious misgivings):
"THE FINAL WORD ON ANYTHING IS NEVER IN."
I've ruminated on that wisdom for a quarter-century. I understand that some might think I'm being ridiculous in not categorically accepting Malcom's statement at face value, however I was taught to think and do differently. Think of me what you may; this is not an apologetic.
Question, question, question.