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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by toast0 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:24AM (#34256738)
You certain can ignore their claim. It's an unfalsifable claim, so it should be ignored in a context of formal logic. But you can't assert it's negative. That's just as unfalsifable, and that claim should also be ignored in a context of formal logic.

Of course, we don't always work in a system of formal logic, and it doesn't much matter to me if you choose to assume/believe works are inspired or not.

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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by ars on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:47AM (#34257132)
> it's an unfalsifable claim, so it should be ignored in a context of formal logic

The claim might be unfalsifiable, but the question is still valid. Basically you are required to answer the question. If you answer "I can't know" your answer is also unfalsifiable, and no better than theirs.

i.e. your position on this matter is not superior to theirs.

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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by kace91 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:24AM (#34257341)
Admittance of ignorance is undoubtedly better than a lie, in general.
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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by mensetmanusman on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:13AM (#34259775)
It’s impossible to say whether it is a lie, because of incompleteness.
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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by NateEag on Thursday January 05, 2023 @10:43AM (#34261298)
Let's try the more charitable "unjustified certitude" instead of "lie".
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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by ars on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:48PM (#34264534)
I wrote "I can't know", not "I don't know".

This is a question about the limits on knowledge, not about someone's personal knowledge.

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