ex_libres

For anyone who wants to know the truth. Copy and paste the sentence at the bottom of this page into search window and see for yourself that you can be decieved by anyone if you do not check, check, check the facts and of course always look for evidence yourself before you swallow a lie like the Pisa hoax.

Here are some guidlines I follow:
1. Keep an open mind (throw out bias.Bias is often based on feelings and feelings are often unreliable.
2. Write down the claims being made.
3. Write down the support or evidence for the claims. (Don't use the word "proof" It is difficult to prove anything. The best you can do is gather enough EVIDENCE to support the probability of truth in a claim.)
4. Ask yourself, "Who is making this claim? What is his or her background? Can I varify their background? Does this person exist at all or are they using a fake name? What is their agenda?"
5. Can you reproduce the same research and arrive at the same conclusion?
6. Are they in the correct context? (Used when comparing and contrasting)

Never believe what you read or hear until YOU check it out, check it out check it out. I am looking foward to some serious well thought out debates.

The Arrius Piso as author of the New Testament theory is a hoax

MortalWombat

It turns out that the tower isn't really leaning after all, but everyone who ever took a picture of it had their cameras tilted slightly.

ex_libres

QUOTE]It turns out that the tower isn't really leaning after all, but everyone who ever took a picture of it had their cameras tilted slightly.[/QUOTE]

Thank you for pointing out my misspelling. I guess this means my whole point is invalid because I type carelessly. On the other hand, I did enjoy your joke/play on words. Funny stuff.[

keyser_soze

Maybe my wife had her head at an angle walking about?

Toto

the actual web site is

Arrius Piso as author of the New Testament theory is a Hoax

But it won't work from here.

Maybe this will:

google cache

edited to add: This is not surprising news.

keyser_soze

I think most everyone already knew it was the case, like Toto, I think not many are really surprised....

ex_libres

I am aware most people probably know of the hoax. My point was concerning the endless parade of people on this site who tend to argue from the position of ignorance. They read a far-fetched theory, never check out its reliability, and spend the rest of the week, or until some other nut comes along, spreading misinformation to the fellow guilable dim wits. Perhaps I sould have labeled the subject field "Know what you believe and know why you believe it.

P.S. Try to ignore my spelling. I do know how to spell. I am a Lit. teacher after all. I just get lazy when I type. So, don't do it or I will do it to you and add on sentence structure, word choice etc. and miss the point you are trying to make.

MortalWombat

Speak it, brother! I, too, am tired of all of the people who come in here and post such inanity like "all those martyrs who died would not have given their lives for a hoax," or "the writers of the Gospels were eyewitnesses," or "the existence of Jesus is testified by non-Christian writers such as Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Suetonius, Phlegon, Mara Bar-Serapion, Lucian, and Thallus," without doing some research first and backing up their beliefs. You're preaching to the choir, man.

butswana

Bwahawhawhaw
Thanks MW.
Lemonade stings when it come out ones nose.

CX

Such comments are really not appropriate for this forum. Let's try to stay on topic. Thanks.