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Originally Posted by SMadsen
I respectfully disagree. If I present the creation account of the Flying Spaghetti Monster then there is absolutely nothing anyone can say that invalidates the truth of that account. It simply is correct.
Now, if we have constructed and agreed upon rules for when something can be correct and when it can be incorrect then I certainly agree with you. But that's not the issue here. You may hold the rule that there can be only one god but I can trump that by installing as many gods as I like. That doesn't make my claims more correct than yours but it certainly doesn't make your claims more correct than mine. Ergo, they are all as correct as they can be.
Of course, if I attempt to walk outside the realm of my claim and argue the truth by means for which there is either actual evidence or axiomatic rules, then I'm screwed.
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SMadsen, your use of "correct" here is all over the map.
I think the point is that, while we not be able to determine with absolutely certainly which of two contradictory claims is accurate (if either is), we can at least assume that both they are not both accurate.
If we refuse to make that assumption, we are essentially stating that the same statement can be true and false at the same time. Doing that destroys all logic and all claims.