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Omega, that seemed to be a slam against your beliefs and how you form your opinions. This seems to show that you will believe things that are only half done/unproven because it fits your purposes and self styled beliefs. Then again, I maybe reading too much into TSNs statement.
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What it was is irrelevant. What it WASN'T, now that matters. It wasn't an argument on the subject at hand. It wasn't a rebuttal of my argument. All it was was an attack on me, and not a very good one, at that.
Now if there are no further points to be made in this argument...?
------------------ "Still one thing more fellow-citizens--A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government..." -Thomas Jefferson
It was an attack on your source, which you have no way of proving is accurate. You admitted you found it on the net and assumed they know what they're talking about. An attack on the source is not the same as an attack on you.
Your source is rejected.
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On what basis? That you don't like their transliteration method? If you knew anything about Greek, you'd know that that's irrelevant to the actual meaning of the sentence. Now if you have an objection to the CONTENT, then you might have a point. But of course, no one's objected to the content.
Again, if there are no further points to be made?
------------------ "Still one thing more fellow-citizens--A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government..." -Thomas Jefferson
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I would like to express an opinion. This is my own personal opinion, and nothing you can say or do can change it, okay?
It is my opinion that the Bible is just a big load of baloney. It's just a collection of stories added to over the years. As for how a book can lead a culture... It's kinda like "The Book" in the TOS ep "A Piece of the Action"...
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You can think what you wish. I'm just here to shoot down supposed inconsistancies and contradictions.
------------------ "Still one thing more fellow-citizens--A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government..." -Thomas Jefferson
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Isn't that the Bible's other title? "The Large Boring Book of Inconsistancies, Contradictions & Contriviances." ?
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Well, considering that no one here has pointed out an inconsistancy or contradiction that actually holds up under inspection... no.
------------------ "Still one thing more fellow-citizens--A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government..." -Thomas Jefferson
"...considering that no one here has pointed out an inconsistancy or contradiction that actually holds up under inspection..."
Just because you say something nonsensical that "disproves" our assertions in your own little mind, that doesn't mean there's been an "inspection", nor that what we've said doesn't "hold up"...
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Well, considering that I haven't done that, instead using something called "logic" (which is apparently foreign to you) to point out that just because something applies in english doesn't mean it also applies in greek.
So I ask again: are there any further points to be made on this topic?
------------------ "Still one thing more fellow-citizens--A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government..." -Thomas Jefferson
You may recall our argument over whether God said "murder" or "kill." Your argument was that because the word applied to one meaning in Hebrew, it applied to the same meaning in English. Apparently, you've decided to switch tactics here.
Your argument is ... hypocritical, I suppose?
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[This message has been edited by JeffKardde (edited January 16, 2001).]
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Your argument was that because the word applied to one meaning in Hebrew, it applied to the same meaning in English.
What exactly does this mean, in english?
Whatever you're trying to say, you need to get a good book on linguistics. Sentence structure varies from language to language, as anyone who bothers to think about it knows. Thus, while the word can be translated as "all," it doesn't have to affect other words in the sentence exactly as "all" does in english. Greek is a different language, if you weren't aware.
------------------ "Still one thing more fellow-citizens--A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government..." -Thomas Jefferson
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