08-21-2018, 04:59 AM
Mike wrote:
And yet this still isn't enough for some people - what do you want? For me to get a time machine, go back in time and interview the Roman commander of the fort and ask for him to tell me under his solemn oath what he calls the fort? Because that does seem to be the kind of crazy threshold for acceptance which some people seem to be demanding.
Amen to that. People only want what conforms to their “truth.” I’ve noticed some people on this forum make interpretations based on a collaboration of sources, yet when I have done the same thing, they claim I am wrong as the primary sources do not specifically make that claim.
And yet this still isn't enough for some people - what do you want? For me to get a time machine, go back in time and interview the Roman commander of the fort and ask for him to tell me under his solemn oath what he calls the fort? Because that does seem to be the kind of crazy threshold for acceptance which some people seem to be demanding.
Amen to that. People only want what conforms to their “truth.” I’ve noticed some people on this forum make interpretations based on a collaboration of sources, yet when I have done the same thing, they claim I am wrong as the primary sources do not specifically make that claim.
