> -=> On 02-12-98  17:08, Jack Sargeant said to All,<=-
 > -=>"About Skeptics are sometimes wr...,"<=-
 > Hi, Jack;
 >  JS> Galileo was persecuted by the skepics in the church. 400 years after
 >  JS> he was tormented, kept under house arrest, and otherwise ruined, he
 >  JS> was eventually vindicated, and his beliefs upheld.
 > Is it a coincidence that your post arrived at my BBS on the day before
 > Galileo's birthday?  He was born on Feb. 15th, 1564.
:-)
 > Also, Patch is telling me as I type this that he said, "Do not take
 > on faith, anything without a solid basis of evidence."
 > So the question begs, "What is `solid evidence?'"
Allowing for the distinction between the word evidence and the word
proof, evidence is anything that you can see or touch, or maybe even
hear. The more witnesses to the event, the closer to proof you get.
Some may not be willing to accept that as "proof," however.
 >  JS> The moral of the story is, apply your skeptism with care and
 >  JS> sincerity.
 > Amen!
 > Catch you later... Keep l00king up!
 >    Ivy
You too, and thank you.
js
 > ... Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.
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