Re: Observe the trend

On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 08:50:22 -0400, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com>:

On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:19:20 -0700, Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off>
wrote:
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:13:29 +1100, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by MarkE <me22over7@gmail.com>:
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The measure of literalism is in the *interpretation* of the text of
Genesis, not the quoting of it.
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Nope; sorry. "Literalism" literally (sorry 'bout that) means
that the text is taken exactly as read; no interpretation
allowed. If it's interpreted it's not taken literally.

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That's right.  Everybody knows the Bible was originally written in
English.
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...which has exactly zero to do with my point regarding the
meaning of "literal", or his error (an error he has
admitted).

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