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To: Uncle Chip
They all use this amorphous fungible entity that they call Tradition [oral, rabbinic, patriarchal, Talmudic, magisterial, whatever ...] to interpret and explain away the plain and clear meaning of those Scriptures that they would just as soon like to get rid of.

Amen!

What a great word -- "fungible."

605 posted on 01/28/2007 5:48:31 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
What a great word -- "fungible."

Yes, but it should only be used "vicariously".

606 posted on 01/28/2007 5:58:51 PM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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