[Elsie]

...based on a very cynical reading of the biblical text.

If one pokes a dog with a SHARP stick; he'll try to bite you quite quickly.

Use a dull one and you can aggravate him MUCH longer before he reacts.

[MarDav]

A bit too esoteric for me...

I was not trying to be cutting (probably was, though). I was trying to get at the truer reasons for the Lady’s a) weak arguments and b) real motives in posing them.