A) Do you agree that when someone says something, the words they say can often be interpreted in different ways, sometimes wildly different?
B) Do you agree that when someone writes something the same problem can arise? E.g. the statement, "I never said he stole the gum." If you say this sentence several times, but each time put vocal emphasis on a different word, it changes the meaning quite a lot.
C) Do you agree that the best way to find out what someone meant when they said or wrote something is to go directly to that someone and ask them?
D) Do you agree that when that someone is no longer available to directly ask, the next best way to decipher a cryptic statement is to ask people who knew that person really well?
E) Do you agree that when a person stands nothing to gain by saying something but they say it anyway, they are likely telling the truth?
F) Do you agree we ought to apply the same level of skepticism about the existence of Alexander the Great, or things he said and did?