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Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:26:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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> > I don't know that it's two steps back. I can accept that Luke, Matthew, John,
> > and Mark are separate authors of the Gospels, just as I accept that, say, HP
> > Lovecraft and August Derleth are separate authors of the Cthulhu Mythos, but
> > that doesn't mean that Lovecraft's account verifies Derleth's (of vice versa)
> > except within the context of the Mythos. In that regard, Luke may validate Mark
> > within the text of the Gospels, but that doesn't mean that either of them is
> > validated beyond those contextual confines (i.e., in the real world).
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> Er-hem. I know what you are trying to get at, I'm just trying to point out that
> your examples aren't exactly the best for doing that (and mostly just to give
> you are hard time for humor's sake). In your example above, all that's true,
> but it's pretty much true for your original example of Dave!, Todd, Tim, and
> Jake within the confines of Lugnet (bow, genuflect) too. You need to go back
> and fix that example rather than create new examples that repeat the same flaw.
Maybe at this point I need to fall on my sword and admit that I don't understand
quite what you're getting at. What is the flaw, exactly, in the original
example?
Let me try again, in the spirit of redundancy:
Within a single framework, three independent sources are sufficient to confirm
a statement by a fourth source (the numbers aren’t central at this point;
merely trying to get to the bottom of it). But if, to an external
observer, that entire framework is non-independent, then no confirmation from
within that framework is sufficient confirmation for the external observer.
Do you suppose that my underlying assertion is incorrect, or do you instead
think that my examples just aren’t matching my assertion?
Dave!
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| (...) I'm saying that your examples are the exact same as the model you are criticizing. You cite three supporting people (from a single source: Lugnet) as an example of a more believable evidence, and I'll I am doing is pointing out that that is (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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| (...) Er-hem. I know what you are trying to get at, I'm just trying to point out that your examples aren't exactly the best for doing that (and mostly just to give you are hard time for humor's sake). In your example above, all that's true, but it's (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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