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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Divine inspiration is not a matter "of non-human speech", and it is not a matter of invariance. Regardless, it is not only practices...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.I agree completely. And I am going to use that as license for speaking about explanations undertaken in the hope of understanding...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.In order to investigate the understanding, the subjectivity of the speaker, it is necessary to go beyond the words used. It is necessary...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.With that remark, it becomes difficult to distinguish NHC non-sense from deception. Did anyone here accuse Paul of plagiarism? Yes...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.A snippet is not verbatim when the snippet changes the context. Res ipsa loquitur. Proceeding on - - By my reckoning, this...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.The above cited exchanges suffice to warrant discussion about the employment of misdirection and misrepresentation as techniques. Why...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.That perspective always fascinates me. Even though it is so very commonplace. But, instead of explaining at this time how something that...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.I didn't say it was. My critique regarded demanding. Requesting is far, far superior to demanding. My point about requesting is that...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.There can be evidence without there being proof. Because there can be evidence without there being proof, the semantic consideration is...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Putting aside considerations into the nature of evidence, wishing for or even demanding evidence is not identical to assigning the...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.When honest dialogue and mutual understanding are the goal, no burden is exclusively assigned. As exclusive assignment, the burden of...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.I expect Paul would agree that all claims, all statements of any sort, and not just those about origin are - or should be - open to...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.There has been no attempt to prove either divine authorship or inspiration either on the part of Paul or in this thread. Why are you and...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Given your acknowledgement of "Paul’s own emphasis on human reasoning," then I have reason to imagine that you can also realize that...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Unsupported assertion. And also a false assertion. As a matter of fact, you actually effectively admit that there is a difference...