[thomaswest]

You posted: "Your stubborn ignorance transcends my patience (yes, I know, patience is a virtue, but do pigs wear pearls?)"

Reply:
I am not into dietary laws about pork, but I do recall
Proverbs: 26:5. "Answer a fool according to his folly."

A contradiction is in Proverbs 26:4. "Answer NOT a fool according to his folly."

At least one of us is violating Scriptural injunctions. Maybe me.

[Elsie]

 

Proverbs: 26:5. "Answer a fool according to his folly."

A contradiction is in

Proverbs 26:4. "Answer NOT a fool according to his folly."

 

In context..........

Proverbs 26

 

 1.  Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.
 2.  Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
 3.  A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
 4.  Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.
 5.  Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.