Believer asks:
Could you be wrong about everything you claim to know?
Skeptic answers: Well, if I were to answer "Yes," I
would be making a truth claim. So, I could be wrong about that truth claim,
too. So we start all over again! I myself, however, answer "No,"
because I don't see how a person could be wrong about everything.
By the way, the question itself is supposed to lead to God;
you can know certain things thanks to God. But it makes grand assumptions: One)
that a God told you things, and Two) that a God told you truths.
Anyway, it's really a trick question if you answer it "yes." But the believer never tells you so. If the believer doesn't know it's a trick question, he needs to learn it is. But if he knows it's a trick question, he's being disingenuous.
Anyway, it's really a trick question if you answer it "yes." But the believer never tells you so. If the believer doesn't know it's a trick question, he needs to learn it is. But if he knows it's a trick question, he's being disingenuous.
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