Good late morning to you. The phrase seems quite apt. "So what you're saying is" is a cheap trick, and when one says in response, "that's not what I'm saying" an interlocutor often tries again a little later.
In this particular case and the one like it as Sarah Ashton-Cirillo invoked "God" but apparently not from the Christian tradition which includes Romans 1, using scriptural passages as if 155mm rounds for firing a salvo is not the most effective form of disputation.
Words have meaning(s). Scriptural exegesis has meaning. Political debate has meaning. With quoted sources and citations. Filtering meaning to 'mean' something else is an old game. And always new to those who are not aware of it as a gambit.
Good late morning to you as well! I’m enjoying a drizzly Friday and it’s a blessing as we have desperately needed rain for a while. And yes, they use that “So you’re saying…” tactic frequently and then get mad when we tell them we can see right through it.
Another favorite trick of some posters here is to quote fragments of what you said, changing the meaning of your comment and then replying to it as if that’s what you said. Again, they think they’re being clever and get angry when we let them know they failed.
When one has to resort to such disingenuous tactics, one obviously does not have a solid argument and is trying to conceal that fact.