A recent parable written by David Anderson echoes one of the first posts I made on this blog, namely “Can you Prove what you Believe?“. Both deal with what could be termed “hyper-skepticism”. Here’s his parable (followed by his interpretation of it):

Does Richard Dawkins exist? - A parable

Of course, the author is not really denying Dawkins exists. But that’s the whole point: Hyper-skepticism is often wielded by its proponents “only against things they dislike, whilst taking others for granted” (Anderson’s wording). As I said in my “Can you Prove…” post: “This is a somewhat frivolous example. But it demonstrates that everyone believes things we can’t prove with 100% certainty and that we are quite right to do so.”

(Thanks to Thinking Christian for the link.)

Further reading:

• Following the Evidence - Grek Koukl’s article on the nature of evidence.
• The Evidence for Jesus - Can anything be proved 100%? Even if not, we should accept what is reasonably demonstrated by the evidence available.