If you state something is factual, but have no proof or evidence, does this make you a liar?
2006-10-06 19:14:44 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Answering your question exactly as it is asked, the answer is "no."
Because a fact is merely a piece of information, a fact may be either true, false or conditionally true.
Respecting each fact, it is important to remember that the context in which a it is presented may establish its veracity (or lack thereof).
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2006-10-06 19:26:31 · answer #1 · answered by wireflight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. For example: You have never been or even seen or even heard of an island in the Philippines called "Lubang." But I had recently been there. I tell you about the island. I have no proof it exists because the island is too small to show in most maps. If I insisted that Lubang island exists without "proof" will that make me a liar? Of course not.
2006-10-07 02:27:03 · answer #2 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it just means you have no proof. If stating something as a fact without any proof made you a liar, then every evolutionists in the world would be a liar. Many actually are because they know it isn't true and still teach it as a fact.
2006-10-07 02:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by upsman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Many of our memory based beliefs are without proof. If you had a favorite pair of shoes as a kid and state thus, you have no proof those shoes existed. Or if you had a conversation with a stranger at a bus stop. Those are not subject to evidence or proof. They are also rational beliefs.
I took my dog for a walk on Monday. That is a fact. Can I prove it? No.
2006-10-07 02:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes... and that's obviouse.
A fact is something that has proof. Without proof it is NOT fact.
By stating it's a fact, you would be lying.
If there is something you think IS fact, you can only say, IMO, or the given evidence POINTS to. But until it's proven... don't... people who are smarter than that will actually get a little peaved.
2006-10-07 02:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by Kren777 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you state something is factual and have no proof - and are wrong, then it makes you mistaken....it doesn't mean one is a liar.
2006-10-07 02:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by chris 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You just said it IS factual. How could that make you a liar by stating it???
2006-10-07 02:17:29 · answer #7 · answered by Boodie 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, of course not. A liar is a person who knows for a fact that what he or she is stating is false. Proof is irrelevant here. The only thing that matters is whether your statement is true, and (if it isn't) whether you knew it.
2006-10-07 02:18:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No it does not, but if you cannot prove it, ya best to keep your opinion to yourself. People ultimately bring themselves down in the end, you do not have to do or say anything.
Admissible in a court of law if you are to give evidence, that is something you actually saw.
It is inadmissible if you got the info from a second person.
2006-10-07 02:22:18 · answer #9 · answered by kanga 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it doesn't make you a liar, but what you state is a mere notion.
2006-10-07 02:18:35 · answer #10 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋