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To: verga; ealgeone
I have read this question three times and even asked one of the Protestants here at work, what this questions means and we are both stymied.

Who gets to define what constitutes being a "Protestant"? The Protestant being asked the question, or the Catholic doing the asking? Will the term be defined, before the answer is demanded?

FWIW, I liked ealgeone's prior answer.

391 posted on 06/09/2014 11:46:13 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy; verga

It seems to me two parties discussing a subject shood come to mutual agreement about terms used in such a discussion. So for example, if the term “Protestant” is used in a discussion about Catholicism, if there is disagreement about what a “Protestant” is, both parties should establish that definition before proceeding or else the discussion is meaningless.

This kind of mutual agreement is usually acomplished through interrogatories, by both parties, until a mutually agreeable definition is reached. Or not reached, and if not then the conversation ends right there.

It seems to me a lot of time is wasted back and forth when many do not agree on basic definitions to begin with. Without such, again any further correspondence is pointless


396 posted on 06/09/2014 1:31:54 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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