Ollie Garchy
Active member
The "truth" is simply that, and Ollies attempts at bypassing it by bringing the theories of various "experts" into the debate over what truth is, are not needed. Well,.... certainly by those of us who use our own intelligence to form our own opinions instead of just lamely accepting the reasoning of others.
Wriggle and squirm all you wish, but the truth is self evident, and it takes no brainpower to continually quote the theories of others.
"Experts"
Given a simple question, 20 experts will arrive at 30 answers none of which agree.
Given a little time and the desire to do so I can find an "expert" opinion to back up just about anything.
Where do you get your knowledge of history?
(1) No Real Experts: Since there are no experts in your opinion, and you dismiss all of their ideas and work, where do you get your facts and your theories and your understanding of history (or anything else for that matter)? Since you do not read any books, magazines or newspaper articles (those would be "experts"), how do you learn? I am assuming that you have some interest in the study of history. Or are you a tabula rasa? For the love of God, even fundamentalist Christians argue that you have to read the Bible. You must read something...although not my posts.
(2) The Truth is Self-Evident: I love your certainty about knowledge. But to hold a truth to be evident in itself without proof is the same as saying that the truth is an unverifiable proposition. Just for argument's sake, tell me why you believe that Germany planned a war of conquest against Britain. What facts? What things support your argument. If that truth is just self-evident, why are you even interested in debate? I have only heard the following: (1) Germany killed 30 million people during WWII and (2) Hitler was bad. The first point is illogical. The second point must be explained. What did Hitler do between 1933-1939 that was bad? Were these bad things justifiable reasons for declaring war? And please explain yourselves.
(3) Knowledge as Independent of Outside Sources: Well, I won't even answer anything that manifestly stupid...other than asking how you gain an understanding of historical phenomenon using your immediate senses? Please enlighten me. It would save me hours of reading.
It is rather obvious that you have nothing more than the most rudimentary education. That would be fine. I have known many incredibly intelligent and rational non-educated people in my life. People can educate themselves outside of professional institutions by reading. But the sad laughter behind your dismissal of the "experts" indicates that you are in fact ashamed of your inability to understand what I am writing. I apologize.