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Octavius I'm not arguing that irrefutable evidence is given in science. I believe we're talking about the definition of 'truth', but although Everton and I have been down this road before, it seems the debate often strays from the path because he doesn't appear to recognise that indisputable truth demands proof.
Everton Are we talking about the definition of 'truth'? If so your questions are irrelevant. Nevertheless, if two scientists studying the same subject come to different conclusions, then clearly neither conclusion can be deemed to be the truth, since neither is proven beyond doubt. As for the bible and Herodotus, yes, they do deal with history (well, if we dismiss all the supernatural notions, I believe the bible deals with history), but the bible differs from Herodotus inasmuch as in our society the bible is the manual by which many people live their lives, and it has a great effect on many people's lives. We can choose to believe its contents concerning God, miracles, etc, if we want to, but since we have no proof that it is factual we cannot say without a shadow of a doubt that it is the truth.