Michael S. Pearl's latest activity
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.The first thing you need to do is pay close attention. Notice the word "can" in what I said: "Personal experiences can certainly...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.No. I said that you said that a subjective experience is inaccessible to historical analysis, and I agree with you on that point. It...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Slur?! Awwww. You like to dish it out but can't take it yourself? Come on. You're a growed up man, and growed up men can handle joshing...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.Meh, that's one possibility. It's the possibility preferred by those with a subjective inclination to value above all else (and to...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread Origins Of Christianity.If divine inspiration is ever actual, then it is a personal - a subjective, an inner - experience which you have already noted as being...
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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...