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To: fortheDeclaration
Doubletalk

Fine distinctions.

942 posted on 06/02/2008 6:29:01 AM PDT by Petronski (Scripture & Tradition must be accepted & honored w/equal sentiments of devotion & reverence. CCC 82)
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To: Petronski

“Double talk” and “parsing” are what people call careful speech they don’t want to take the trouble to understand, especially if it might make sense of their opponents’ views.


944 posted on 06/02/2008 6:42:19 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; fortheDeclaration; Iscool; Gamecock

Fine distinctions.

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Ahhhhhhhhhh, yes, just the sort of fine distinctions the RELIGIOUS leaders 2000 years ago spent so much time creating, cataloguing and hammering into the serfs.

. . .

like the sort that rationalized their giving wealth to the church to avoid taking care of their parents with it.


960 posted on 06/02/2008 8:01:27 AM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Petronski
[Doubletalk]

Fine distinctions.

No, doubletalk to hide the contradictions, which Aquinas saw clearly.

1,368 posted on 06/03/2008 2:47:39 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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