So, then by your more open-minded approach, I should assume the story of George Washington tossing a silver coin over one hundred yards across the Potomac River is true? I should assume it true that Washington was a wastrel willing to squander what in his youth would've been handsome bit of pocket change? I should assume it true that he would've tossed a coin rather than a rock? I should assume it true he could've tossed a coin for that unbelievable distance?
Your suggestion that I assume illogical and incredible events to be truth without any first-hand accountability does not comport with common sense, much less a scientific approach. Your suggestion becomes more illogical when one can see that certain such stories are simply one-upmanship wherein the hero performs bigger and better miracles that the hero of the original source story.
Your approach to verification additionally seems silly when we have well-researched documentation that those cherry tree/coin toss stories were written two generations after the supposed events by myth-building story writers.
Now, if you will pardon me, I must get back to my current project, a biography of Santa Claus.
Regards, Abshalom
This message has been edited by Abshalom, 01-20-2005 10:56 AM