Posted on 12/05/2019 5:55:36 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
St. Juan the Apologist would make excuses for Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy if they were running for office as Democrats. I have never seen a creature so driven by pure communist ideology and as unethical as St. Juan.
Surprised to find someone else who has read it.
Was she quick and clever about it ....
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I was raised in an old-fashioned Conservative Jewish tradition. You were expected to have done the homework, have all the ducks in a row and be succinct while defending a position.
This tradition is famous for pipuls, which are hairsplitting, tedious and often clever methods of textual analysis. While an intellectual art form in itself, so, too, is the countering of such discourse.
By its nature, much of this is simply facile. Wordplay is often an integral part. It is fascinating to observe being practiced by those with a depth of knowledge of the texts under discussion, though. It is usually very quick and can be very caustic in a disguised (or not) sort of way, an intellectual, verbal ping-pong.
Adding my 2 cents for those unfamiliar with the practice, not to dispute you, because you are quite correct.
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