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Re: OT, and religeous

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Thursday, December 2, 2004, 18:37
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. -- I marvel at the creature: so secret and John Cowan so sly as he is, to come sporting in the pool jcowan@reutershealth.com before our very window. Does he think that http://www.reutershealth.com Men sleep without watch all night? --Faramir http://www.ccil.org/~cowan