To: Natural Law; Dr. Eckleburg; Quix
"God forbids making graven images for the purpose of idolatry but does not forbid the making of graven images per se."
907 posted on
01/08/2010 10:07:26 PM PST by
shibumi
(" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: shibumi
Isn’t THAT
what RELIGIOUS “EDUCATION”
and magicstericals
are FOR?
How many required graduate courses are there in hair-splitting anyway?
912 posted on
01/08/2010 10:18:49 PM PST by
Quix
(POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
To: shibumi
914 posted on
01/08/2010 10:25:35 PM PST by
boatbums
(Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life!)
To: shibumi
924 posted on
01/08/2010 10:40:00 PM PST by
Salamander
(Hold on to all your fears 'cause when I get outta here, vengeance is mine, mine, mine!)
To: shibumi
937 posted on
01/08/2010 11:04:27 PM PST by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: shibumi
Distinctions that other people don't like are often called hair-splitting by them. Sometimes a hair's breadth is important, as in this case.
Some like to say that a large enough difference in degree makes something different in kind. Maybe so. But a difference is a difference, as a person's a person, no matter how small. So to point out that it's a SMALL difference is not the same thing as pointing out that it is a meaningless difference.
Sometimes plodding clarity is necessary to contend with sophistical error.
992 posted on
01/09/2010 4:39:10 AM PST by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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