Blog 8

In chapter 8 of ARCS, the idea that rhetors today often accept written and published works as trustworthy. I couldn't disagree more. In today's society, I feel as though there are more untrue things written down than true. I don't mean to offend anyone, but take religion for example - how is it possible that every single relgious document could be taken as true? Perhaps one is correct, or perhaps none are. There is absolutely no way of knowing. Even religions within religions contradict one another. Christianity for example has many different facets. There is absolutely no way each of them could be true. So if something as universal as relgion is not true, who is to say that someone who has written an article is speaking the truth? I don't believe most of the things i read. This includes news articles. All too often the truth is bended or made into something it is not. If I write that I saw a unicorn in a stall next to a horse, does that make it true? No. So I wholeheartedly disagree with anyone who says that something written down should be accepted as true.