Posted by J.H. [JH] on April 07, 1999 at 14:34:39 {HTWDI6pmYgHSG.vl05doHR5JhS9/hc}:
In Reply to: **Thoughts on reform posted by The Liberal Elder on April 07, 1999 at 09:47:23:
LE.
: Pilate asked a profound question:
: "What is truth?"
: None of us can offer a definitive answer.
Right. Be we can be very definite about a lot of things not being the truth. JW religion is falsified; we know with certainty that major claims in that religion are false. We don't have to know the ultimate truth about life, the universe and everything to know that some (many!) things are false.
: Certainly we can point at the faith of
others
and confidently identify the profound falsehoods.
But can we offer alternatives devoid of such?
Skepticism is the alternative. There is no need to or excuse for accepting proven falsehoods just because we have nothing that is a proven fact.