PrintSeptember 22, 2004
Dan Rather, philosopher-theologian
It will come as a complete shock to most readers that Credo quia absurdum est ['because it is absurd, it is to be believed"] did not originate with Dan Rather and the sophists at CBS News. Aristotle and Tertullian beat them to it.
According to Rather's breathtaking philosophical theology, now the envy of traditional epistemologists who insist on asking 'How do we know?' and 'How do we know that we know?', the CBS documents aren't real but what's stated in them still is to be believed. And, 'the longer you go without a denial (from the Bush—Cheney campaign about the alleged activities that cannot be proven), the more likely that the story is true.'
Even Rather's non—apology apology hasn't shaken his faith. He told the Chicago Tribune:
"Do I think they're forged? No," Rather said. "But it's not good enough to use the documents on the air if we can't vouch for them, and we can't vouch for them.... I believed in it," he said. "I wouldn't have put it...(Read Full Article)
