Testimonies play a very important part in the transmissions of information. They never assume a dogmatic position which almost always reflects an elaboration of the evaluations of such experiences. Testimonies, in fact, refer directly to the lived experiences. An exact testimony cannot add later information. It only reports, without go-betweens, events observed from a particular point of view. Many reasons exist to favourably consider testimonies. Aside from the fact that the point of view could be mistaken and that the observations not always be reliable, the fact remains that the testimonies report a free thought, which should never be criticized in a dialectic way. A true testimony, unlike a false one, does not a priori support a thesis. In this last aspect, testimonies always represent intentioned means and never a dogmatic means. |
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