The problem is, how do we know what is real? Film can be created. I didn’t experience it (assuming you can trust what you see, that it’s not a ‘trick’). I was not involved. I say the same thing for viruses, dinosaurs, atoms, etc. I’m not saying they’re all fake - but I’m saying that I have to rely on others’ word because I have no lived experience to help out (and reading it in a textbook or watching an old film is not lived experience).
The point is, I question it. The more I learn the less I know.
If you go down the road of radical skepticism, you have no place to stand. How do you know that ANY answer you receive is true? You don't. You have no way to obtain the truth, because you have denied that truth can be discerned. Good luck with that. You think you are sophisticated and penetrating---and all you are is completely ignorant.
Meanwhile, you can pay attention to those who have been involved in the field. Artifacts from the bomb destruction are real (I have some). Witness testimony is real. The film is real---prove it isn't. Go ahead, question whether a .45 caliber bullet can kill you. Stand in front of someone and take a shot, Put your life where your mouth is. Questions are fine, but you have to stand by the answers.
The problem is, how do we know what is real? Film can be created. I didn’t experience it (assuming you can trust what you see, that it’s not a ‘trick’). I was not involved. I say the same thing for viruses, dinosaurs, atoms, etc. I’m not saying they’re all fake - but I’m saying that I have to rely on others’ word because I have no lived experience to help out (and reading it in a textbook or watching an old film is not lived experience).
The point is, I question it. The more I learn the less I know.
If you go down the road of radical skepticism, you have no place to stand. How do you know that ANY answer you receive is true? You don't. You have no way to obtain the truth, because you have denied that truth can be discerned. Good luck with that. You think you are sophisticated and penetrating---and all you are is completely ignorant.
Meanwhile, you can pay attention to those who have been involved in the field. Artifacts from the bomb destruction are real (I have some). Witness testimony is real. The film is real---prove it isn't. Go ahead, question whether a .45 caliber bullet can kill you. Stand in front of someone and take a shot, Put your life where your mouth is. Questions are fine, but you have to stand by the answers.