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To: Grig; Religion Moderator

A question would NORMALLY be worded “So DO you want someone who belongs to a church but doesn’t ‘really’ believe in it?” Your statement omits the ‘DO’, making it a declaration and not a question in spite of the ‘?’ at the end.

551 posted on 10/14/2007 4:38:39 PM PDT by greyfoxx39

To: greyfoxx39; Grig

The following is not "reading minds:"

"The unspoken message in that is that 'God reveals OUR truth, but the rest of you just THINK He reveals His truth to YOU.'"

The underlined part narrows the claim to the statement made, not the poster. It is more an interpretation or paraphrase.

As another example, if I said "you are a liar" that would be reading your mind - that you intended to deceive. But if I said, "that statement is false" it is not reading your mind - it is academic.

The following is not mind reading either:

"So you want someone who belongs to a church but doesn’t ‘really’ belive in it?”

It is a question. Words like "do" are often omitted in casual correspondence.

Likewise, in the above example (the second one) - I might have merely said "False!" - the "That statement is ..." should be understood in normal reading.

560 posted on 10/14/2007 6:50:27 PM PDT by Religion Moderator

565 posted on 10/14/2007 9:25:28 PM PDT by restornu (No one is perfect but you can always strive to do the right thing! Press Forward Mitt!)

566 posted on 10/14/2007 9:47:56 PM PDT by restornu (No one is perfect but you can always strive to do the right thing! Press Forward Mitt!)

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