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From: Doug McDonald <>
Subject: Re: POSSIBLE GATEWAY: FROM AFRICA TO EUROPE
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:41:20 -0600
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Shawn Potter wrote:
>
> >
> > If you find fault with my comparison, you need to do more than
> > just say "how dare you" and call me a hypocrite. You need to
> > present some argument whereby the pedigree is dissimilar to the
> > others to which I compared it, and/or you need to come up with
> > some evidence that predates 300 AD that supports the descent.
> > Short of that, then the comparison and the conclusion to which it
> > must lead must stand.
> >
> > taf
>
> Todd,
>
> I have no responsibility to help you prove your point. If you and
> others believe your declaration is true, perhaps it "must stand."
> But, what does that mean?
>


He makes a statement that needs no defense: he says "we don't know"
plus of course the stronger "we can't know".

His first point never requires defense: it's up to others
to say "here's the proof". It is impossible to prove "we can't
know",
so he does not have to prove it. It's up to others to show how
it can be proved. Obviously, as I mentioned, if somebody discovered
the "Dead Sea Genealogical Scrolls" and they were dated as
contemporaneous,
then that could be proof. What he should have said is "unsupportable
with present data".

We need a DSH'ish statement here: I'm not good at that sort of
attack.

Doug McDonald

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