Art , I see that you have not answered the question in #76 and #78 . But I can infer that the answer is "yes". Based on your quote. And probably "yes" for Lesjcbs too, based on his signature avatar : That the "Spanish used it" (historically ).
Hence, we can therefore conclude that beliefs held for thousands of years (ie.: the longer, the better) are therefore given more validity . The longer a belief if held and practiced, the more valid it must be.
Thus I invite you to join the Flat earth society . After all, people believed, for 8000 yrs. that the earth was flat. Therefore, it must be true. (Going by your own standards of evaluation).
As you can probably equally conclude, there are many things that people believed historically, and can possibly STILL believe, that are mutually exclusive of things that other people historically believed , and still believe. An example of this is religious beliefs : There are various world religions (that have been around for thousands of years), which are mutually exclusive and contradictory to each other. So ... logically speaking, ... they can not both be true, at the same time, and in the same way.
I am only extrapolating on your statements. I am only taking them to their logical conclusions. I am only comparing them to real-world scenarios. I am totally open to proofs. But "age of belief" is not one that carries merit
And YES: you are under NO obligation to "
prove" anything. I agree. But alas, that is why the subject continues to be "up for debate" . Unlike the ability of metal detectors to function. Is that no one has "proved" anything
Which is totally fine. But please then: Don't be mystified, if skeptics abound. If proof has never been forthcoming
