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To: Preachin'

Gideon faced an army of maybe 200k. So let’s call it 300k, that’s one to one thousand. You take that analogy and add your amazing preachable hyperbole and suddenly we’re looking at one to one million. Now, scale down your hyperbole by 3 — yes that is THREE — orders of magnitude. Then answer the question. Hyperbole is just another form of straw argumentation. That’s how far off you are, 3 orders of magnitude, you are off by ONE thousand IN YOUR in your straw argumentation.

Since you’ve been given 2 chances to answer the question, one time you avoid it, 2nd time you use straw argumentation, that is a good example of how strong your argument is: it’s very weak because it relies upon invalid reasoning. If this is an example of your preaching style, I would suggest that you take a critical thinking class so that you don’t mislead any of Christ’s children, which is important to me as a believer in Christ.


203 posted on 01/09/2008 8:27:11 AM PST by Kevmo (Duncan Hunter won't "let some arrogant corporate media executive decide whether this campaign's over)
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To: Kevmo
The point is that in elections you have to get more people to the polls.

Elections simply require that one candidate win more votes. There is nothing biblical about that.

Three hundred people can win you an election in Bug Tussle, but not a presidential election.

Keep trying, but Hunter is not a real player. I wish he was, but Fred is a much more electable player, and has way more mane recognition than Hunter.

Once again, you still compare apples to oranges. Gideons 300 ran through the enemy’s camp while the Lord caused the enemy to slay themselves with their own swords. The Lord used so few people on purpose, just to keep the Jews from taking credit for their victory.This election is about gathering more people than the enemy.

An election is a different game altogether. It takes people going to the booths to win. Hunter does not have sort of push now, nor does it appear that he ever will. I wish I was wrong.

You can stay in fantasy land if you want to, but to win a presidential election, or a primary, you simply need more people to cast a vote for you than those who vote for your opponents.

You weary me with attempting to pretend this is some sort of spiritual analogy with Gideon. It is not. Gideon had to many, and the Lord sent them home, and Hunter needs many more.

If Hunter truly is a Gideon, then when will he send his people home and win the battle with three hundred men? That is exactly what must happen in order for your application of this passage to work here, no matter how you attempt to explain it.

204 posted on 01/09/2008 8:44:30 AM PST by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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