Re: Observe the trend

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:57:19 -0700, Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off>
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:43:05 -0400, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com>:
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:37:15 -0700, Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off>
wrote:
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:12:26 -0700, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by Mark Isaak
<specimenNOSPAM@curioustaxon.omy.net>:
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On 3/14/25 9:19 AM, Bob Casanova wrote:

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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Note that interpretation and literalism are not mutually exclusive. For
example, if I say, "The cat chased the dog" and you think, "It must have
been a pretty mean cat," that's interpretation, even though you still
read it literally.
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So if I interpret "chased" to mean "played poker with", and
you interpret it to mean "had sex with", "chased" is
literally true for both? Seems like a not very good way to
ensure accurate communication, but whatever floats your
boat...

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Not sure why I bother, but try this:
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You are correct, that it's important to agree on definitions.
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You are not correct, that the definitions you prefer are necessarily
the correct ones for a given context.
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Not sure why I bother, but try this:
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Replace "the definitions you prefer" with "the definitions
found in the OED", which I noted and you ignored. Again.

You originally specified a SINGLE definition.  And again above.  So
twice you made zero accomodation for other definitions. Either way,
unless you're now claiming those are NOT the definitions you prefer,
then your objection is non sequitur.  Again.

And not sure why I bother, but try this one: The trick to using the
same words is to make sure they actually fit what is written.  You
should try it sometime, if only for the novelty of the experience.

For most adults, this isn't hard to understand.
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I agree, but you seem to have problems with it.

Aping JTEM doesn't help your case.

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