In a nutshell, a statement can fairly be called a lie if there is
abundant evidence to the contrary that a speaker should have known about.
I can provide
abundant evidence to the contrary.
There's
abundant evidence to the contrary, but here's a pick from my Clipmate files of a comment from a year ago: In the Comments on a SciAm article subtly dissing Judith Curry, «Iconoclast» posts the following:
Treat «skeptical» viewpoints as if they are monolithic (by claiming that almost no «skeptics» believe as you do despite
abundant evidence to the contrary on the very same blogs where they comment.
The believe that our governments «want to do well» when there is
abundant evidence to the contrary.
Thanks to Ken Hirsh for proving that, despite
abundant evidence to the contrary, law librarians do know how to have fun (even if they have to plan to do so over two months in advance).
Not exact matches
page 285 ^ Robert M. Price (an atheist who denies existence) agrees that this perspective runs against the views of the majority of scholars: Robert M. Price «Jesus at the Vanishing Point» in The Historical Jesus: Five Views edited by James K. Beilby & Paul Rhodes Eddy, 2009 InterVarsity, ISBN 028106329X page 61 [10] Michael Grant (a cla ssicist) states that «In recent years, «no serious scholar has ventured
to postulate the non historicity of Jesus» or at any rate very few, and they have not succeeded in disposing of the much stronger, indeed very
abundant,
evidence to the
contrary.»
^ a b Michael Grant (a classicist) states that «In recent years, «no serious scholar has ventured
to postulate the non historicity of Jesus» or at any rate very few, and they have not succeeded in disposing of the much stronger, indeed very
abundant,
evidence to the
contrary.»
Michael Grant (a cla ssicist) states that «In recent years, «no serious scholar has ventured
to postulate the non historicity of Jesus» or at any rate very few, and they have not succeeded in disposing of the much stronger, indeed very
abundant,
evidence to the
contrary.»
EPA did so in 2009, but deliberately ignored the
abundant scientific
evidence to the
contrary, as I pointed out at the time.