To: VadeRetro
In response, numerous people took the trouble to look up the source material to learn the context of the passages. The result of this considerable effort demonstrated that these "quotes" were, in very large part, so out-of-context as to qualify as complete distortions of the authors' intent.
The Quote Mine Project Or, Lies, Damned Lies and Quote Mines
NOT ONE OF THE QUOTES LISTED ON THE SITE YOU LINKED TO WERE THE ONES I QUOTED.
484 posted on
11/29/2004 12:39:59 PM PST by
GarySpFc
(Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
To: GarySpFc
NOT ONE OF THE QUOTES LISTED ON THE SITE YOU LINKED TO WERE THE ONES I QUOTED. They've got a whole section on Colin Patterson, a frequent quote-mine victim. It links to here. This post of yours is rebutted specifically by Colin Patterson himself.
I think the continuation of the passage shows clearly that your interpretation (at the end of your letter) is correct, and the creationists' is false.
Even if they
didn't have any of your quotes, what you're doing is the activity they're exposing. That, and several people on this thread have found problems with several of your other quotes.
500 posted on
11/29/2004 12:54:52 PM PST by
VadeRetro
(Nothing means anything when you go to Hell for knowing what things mean.)
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