Seed Pearl Necklace and Bracelets

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(05-03-2018 09:07 AM)davg2000 Wrote:  Donna,

Your remark about the truth got me to thinking, so I thought I'd put in my two cents. The "truth" is assailable all the time because it periodically invites reaffirmation and/or challenge. It may be found not to be the truth. There are countless examples of this process. An obvious one is the geocentric theory, absolutely accepted, but occasionally questioned, up to the time of Galileo, who was branded a heretic for proving it wrong. To name another one, Pluto was a planet, right up there with Earth when I was a kid. No one could see Pluto, but we knew it was a planet. But since 1992, it has been downgraded to a "dwarf planet." Ouch, if you're Pluto.

So what? If your dag is in fact the only known photograph of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, then it will have to stand or fail on its own. If it is so, then it will have to stand questioning. That's just the way this works. You may proclaim loudly that the dag is genuine, but without qualified support, your view will not rise above opinion. I don't think that the photograph is of the Lincolns, but someone more knowledgeable than I might. The "Lincoln community," which you do not respect, is full of informed, careful, responsible, credentialed people whose opinions do count. I think everyone on this board would welcome such a find if it were so.

But the almost constant sarcasm in your posts has one main effect--it undermines your credibility, makes it more difficult to believe you. Perhaps your sarcasm indicates frustration, but that has nothing to do with the issue of the dag's genuineness.

My advice to you is to let time work. Anything that stands the test of time is likely to be so. So, wait for others to support your stance. Or not.

BTW, nice poem back there. Did you write it?

Great comment, Dave! I could not believe that I spent three weeks in the hospital and returned to see that the rankling about the dag was still going on.