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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.That is incorrect. I have said repeatedly that emotion and polemic are not exclusive and can be concurrent. The issue is... -
NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.It isn’t false. In public method we distinguish logical possibility from warranted classification. A mere possibility does not defeat an...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.It matters because Paul’s “not from man … through revelation” is offered as a reason to reject rival teachers and their warrant. Once a...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.No, Michael. Your precondition is the error. You keep claiming that because an emotive reading is possible, we cannot classify the...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Emotion is indeed a function, but it is not exclusive of other functions, and it does not suspend ordinary classification when the text...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.You’ve built a false precondition. “Emotive” does not need to “fully account” for the text before any other function can be actual. In...
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It is like diarrhea,you hope it ends but it keeps on coming.
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It's nice to see the Christian scools concentrate on vocational training for professions their graduates are most likely to qualify in.
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.No. You are smuggling in a veto you already conceded doesn’t exist. “Emotive” is not an alternative that must “fully account” for the...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.It was, and repeatedly. I’ve said more than once that emotion and polemic are not exclusive and can be concurrent in the same document...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.No, Micheal. When a category is defined by operations that can be checked on the surface of a text—naming opponents, refuting them...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.No, logic does not “veto” actuality here. If a category is defined by observable operations in a text, then observing those operations...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.You did use it as a veto earlier when you wrote that the emotive reading “is sufficient to preclude establishing polemic actuality.”...
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NoHolyCows replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Emotion does not negate function. A document can be both emotional and polemical at once because tone and argumentative role are...