Paige is making a very common argument that those who believe in postmodern ideas make. She is completely off base though. She does not believe in truth or absolute truth to be more specific but yet is making assertions as she says that history is not reliable. Even setting that aside, there are plenty examples in history of those who have been on the losing side and told their story. For example, their are accounts of George Washington writing about his loss in a battle. In addition, how could Paige explain accounts throughout the Bible?
Yes accounts in history vary from person to person but that is beside the point. Even if what Paige says about history is true, she must understand that every account of history is written with some form of bias. Paige is making assertions and completely ignoring the evidence presented before her. If i based my faith on an idea similar to that the majority of people would not take me seriously. I think it is important to test accounts given in history and see if they line up with other accounts but to completely discount history is ignorant. Also, Paige is missing the facts because through numerous accounts through the bible and other history sources we see people write about embarassment or defeat such as when babylon took over Israel or when Egypt held Israel captive. Why not leave such accounts out?
To completely disreguard history is foolish because we have learned so much from it and it is our past and our heritage.
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