Keen wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 1:11 pm
If you told me that there was an elephant in my basement and I didn't see an elephant in my basement, I would be 100% certian that there was no elephant in my basement.
My not having visual confirmation of an elephant in my basement would meet the Preponderance of the Evidence Standard that there was no elephant in my basement, the Clear and Convincing Evidence Standard that there was no elephant in my basement and the Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Standard that there was no elephant in my basement, as well as my personal 100% certainty standard.
And, if not seeing an elephant in my basement meets the Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Standard, then it can be said that I proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, that there was no elephant in my basement.
It's a thing called the convergence of the lack of physical evidence method CJ.
It appears that you have the mental capacity to understand.
Here's the issue laid out very clearly for you. My point about the elephant in the basement is that you can't be 100% certain about anything just as I always might be wrong about my belief in the Holocaust. But you need to look at all the evidence and weigh the evidence and make a decision for yourself. Some people have a better ability to judge the evidence than others. But real truth seekers are always seeking out disconfirming evidence rather than the opposite which is quite the opposite.
The convergence of evidence from documents, witness accounts, archaeological findings, and photographs paints a consistent and coherent picture of mass extermination during the Holocaust, even when certain pieces of physical evidence are difficult to find or have been destroyed. The absence of certain pieces of evidence does not invalidate the entire narrative.
While it is true that much physical evidence doesn't exist, many would argue that it was because the Nazis destroyed the evidence to conceal their crimes, there is still significant physical evidence that has been recovered and studied extensively by historians, forensic experts, and archaeologists.
Personally, I need to do a lot more research to evaluate the forensic physical evidence that does exist but I will do that much later. Right now I am equipped to do the forensic accounting of all of this.
Evidence that the Nazi's Destroyed Evidence
[*] One of the most telling pieces of evidence is the orders issued by Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, to destroy evidence of mass murder. In April 1944, Himmler issued a directive to SS officials to begin destroying the crematoria and gas chambers at extermination camps to eliminate any traces of the crimes. Himmler himself was concerned that the Allies would eventually discover the atrocities and used the term "liquidate" to describe the systematic destruction of the evidence.
[*] In 1941, the Nazis implemented a policy known as “Night and Fog,” which was intended to suppress resistance activities. Prisoners arrested under this policy were often executed or sent to secret death camps where there were attempts to hide evidence of mass executions. Many prisoners were simply executed and buried without any trace.
