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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 17:38:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> 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?
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> Let me try again, in the spirit of redundancy:
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> 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.
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> Do you suppose that my underlying assertion is incorrect, or do you instead
> think that my examples just aren’t matching my assertion?
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 not one whit different from the Gospels. Inside or outside the
source doesn't matter, because you cited your example as more believeable than
the Gospels even though from where I am sitting it is the exact same model.
-->Bruce<--
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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| (...) Well, now I'm confused. Granted, the four magi Dave, Todd, Tim, and Jake are four LUGNET sources, but to LUGNET-savvy people they represent four discrete voices. However, to a non-LUGNET person, all four are subsumed under LUGNET and therefore (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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| (...) I am still working on a full reply to (URL) your post>, but let me inject here briefly. That there are 4 Gospels does not add any form of credibility to the veracity of the Gospel (Good News) to most Christians, and certainly not me. In fact, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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