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To: Elsie
Yes; they are; and they are in the form of an easily answered question.

The form of the question is of the type. "Does your mother know you make faces at her when her back is turned?" expecting a "yes" or "no" answer. My answer is that you are asking the wrong question and in the wrong way that imputes a motive, which you deny. Use a different kind of objective interrogation if you want a response.

Have these 'others' contacted you and expressed their frustration with me?

You are the one that mentioned "others"; and yes, I've seen people call you out for your methodology of coming at someone sideways. I just usually am not the object of it. I dislike the method, because it is a technique that is distracting and tends to personalize things in which you try to make your object look like a fool, if he/she bites and goes on the defensive. Here we are. The situation has been personalized, and you have evaded answering to my authorities, the Bible texts and an excellent, honored translation of them.

Am I the one who is arguing over words?

If you don't want to split linguistics and meanings, don't. But drawing out the meaning of a Scriptural passage at least illuminates it, and usually offers a solution to an argument. But I do not know why you asked this question at this point other than to suggest some kind of deficiency in the methods or character of the target of your question, which can be otherwise taken as rhetorical.

318 posted on 06/05/2018 10:49:49 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: imardmd1
My answer is that you are asking the wrong question and in the wrong way that imputes a motive, which you deny.

Show me MOTIVE!


342 posted on 06/07/2018 4:45:16 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: imardmd1
... tends to personalize things in which you try to make your object look like a fool...

I see.

343 posted on 06/07/2018 4:46:23 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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