Hi Simon:
You wrote:
> So it boils down to trust? As regards the question of the Holocaust, in whom
> should I put this trust? In Daniel Jonah Goldhagen and Deborah Lipstadt, or
> in David Irving? Given that there is a difference of opinion, can anybody be
> said to be telling the absolute truth? And as I never experienced the
> absolute truth of it myself...
Well, I've never seen for myself from a space ship that the earth is
round instead of flat, but would you deny that the statement "the earth is
round, not flat" is absolutely true as opposed to maybe true, based on
the testimony of many trustworthy sources? (Note I didn't say
'absolutely round,' nor am I quibbling about just how round or how flat.)
> Not denying the Holocaust, but wondering where and if the Absolute
Truth of
> it exists or existed. None of use know the whole story, so can the truth
> ever be absolute? I'm certain about lots of things, but not absolutely so.
I'm beginning to wonder if you're absolutely certain you exist. (-: My
point is that absolute truth is the certainty behind your doubt of absolute
truth.
Platt
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