I was going to try and stay out of this, but I just can't. Admit folks, Cairo is the big, fat, juicy crackrock of the Cellar. You just can't get enough.
Cairo:
Give me an example of a fact. Anything. I will then show you that that fact is not, in fact, a fact. It really isn't that hard.
In fact,
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Show me a fact.
[caveat] don't give me something that necessitates disproving a communicative assumption (i.e., 1+1=2). It can be done, but it's irritating and a waste of everyone's time.
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The basic idea is that communication necessarily involves interpretation. You are not communicating in a vacuum. You are communicating as a part of a conversation, within a particular culture. That means that you are accepting conventions about what you should say and how. How you deal with those conventions is an extremely personal thing (so personal, that no two people do it exactly the same way).
What does this mean to you in your particular situation?
It means that even though the original texts may be in the ancient Hebrew, the fact that you are not an ancient Hebrew necessitates that there be some interpretation on your part (assuming that YOU are reading the ancient Hebrew, and not a translation, in which case you are interpreting what someone else has interpreted. Neat, huh?)
And now (for something completely different), as a theological question:
Is there a knowable God?
God is supposed to be omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent in the Judeo-Christian theology. So, given this completely different level of awareness, above and beyond what humans can comprehend, can we TRULY understand God (or, are humans just some sort of vastly incomprehensible cosmic fart joke)?
Finally:
Do you live under a bridge? Because you honestly look like a troll to me.
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