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Question: Is it a fool's game to think you know anything with absolute certainty!?
just because things have always been a certain way doesn't mean they always will!. the sun has always risen (or more accurately the earth has spun around it) but maybe tomorrow some giant meteor will come and knock it out of orbit, ending that age old cycle!. you believe in god now but who knows by the end of today your thoughts may have shifted and you may be following a different set of beliefs!. the future isn't set in stone, it's not even set in clay; we can't know ANYTHING about the future without some reference to the past, without looking at the number times and the manner in which it's occurred before and using that information it to make assumptions (guesses; albeit educated) about what will happen next!. but there's no guarantee that these are correct!. so in an absolute sense, do we really know anything about our world!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Someone sometime said: Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is ABSURD!!!!.!.!.

of course we can never be certain about anything!.!.!.but sometimes we are convinced that the probability of some event is so great, we dismiss the chance of it not happening!.!.!.

Will gravity work tomorrow!.!.!.probably yes!.!.!.certainly, no!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

You are right with regard to those things that we perceive with our senses!.

But the Monks, Mystics and Yogis are after another kind of experience, which is an experience of the absolute non-changing reality which is at the basis of all the change!.

So there is that one field of life that can be known with absolute certainty!. But other than that, you are so right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I am absolutely certain that I am going to die!. In fact, I am absolutely certain that every living thing on the planet is, yup that includes you!

To go even further, I am absolutely certain that the planet as we know it will cease to exist!.

So no, it's not a fools game!.
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Yes, certainly!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

death is about the only certain thing!.!.!. pretty grim ehWww@QuestionHome@Com

No we don't!. Live and learn!.Www@QuestionHome@Com