I really thought I was close to finishing my eval of the RS system when I started this thread, but what we have stumbled upon is nothing less than the root cause for most of the disagreement in society in microcosm. As I see it, the primary reason people in this thread cannot agree or even understand each other is because not only is WHAT they believe divergent, HOW they believe differs as well.
It will never be possible to agree on what is true until consensus is reached on a criteria for truth, and the process by which it is achieved.
Imagine our legal trial system without evidentiary rules on what was and was not admissible...or if all testimony was considered "expert" with no regard to the credentials of the witnesses. Well you don't have to "imagine" too hard, we are seeing a reasonable facsimile here.
If you choose to ignore the rules of logic, epistemology, syllogism, the scientific method, etc...I see no end in sight, or resolution ever being reached.
I strongly recommend you all take a step back from the issues being debated and first discuss the rules for debating, and what is considered proof.
That is of course assuming anyone actually wants resolution. Currently you are all playing a baseball game to the best of "N" innings with no overtime rule even required, since nobody bothered to set "N" to less than infinite.
