Chris Bates scripsit:
> Of course this is bias. Is it easier for someone who speaks a modern
> dialect of Arabic to learn Classical Arabic, or someone who speaks a
> completely unrelated language?
I don't know. Is it easier for an anglophone to learn French or Scots?
> I'm afraid I'm not convinced by these arguments really. :) People on the
> religeous right quote the bible to determine right and wrong, eg as
> proof that homosexuality is a sin, so if we accept that the bible is
> something like a novel that's just a guide through giving ideas rather
> than representing truth directly, then we must also throw out the window
> any claim to making moral judgements based upon it as many religeous
> people do.
Granted, but abusus non tollit usum.
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