>At 05:19 AM 6/19/97 -0400, PeteKirby@aol.com wrote:
>>>On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:18:59 -0700, Chris Uzzi <cu@yahoo.com> wrote (in
>>>response to a point raised by Peter Kirby):
>>>
>>>>If Jesus resurrected "bodily" rather than "in spirit", than where is that
>>>>body now?
>>>
>>>TILL
>>>Is Uzzi serious about this?
>>
>>You've got your attributions mixed up. Uzzi made a comment about the
>>difference between a bodily resurrection and a spritual resurrection.
>> Bekkenhuis responded asking whether we can really speak of a bodily
>>resurrection.
>
>TILL
>This is a good time for me to get onto my soap box again about confusing
>postings. Everyone reading this will know that this paragraph was posted by
>me, because I have labeled it with my name. On the other hand, no one would
>have a clue as to who wrote the statement just above it, because it is
>unlabeled. Someone might say, "Well, that's the purpose of the >'s," but
>all they can do is show that the statement set off with one > is the
>response to the one set off with two. They cannot identify the writer.
>Then, of course, when someone clicks a reply icon and types a response to
>that posting, it comes out on the other end with >>> and >> and >, and then
>when someone replies to that it comes out with >>>> and >>> and >> and >.
>By this time, It becomes a major task to try to sift through it and
>determine who is saying what, whereas SMITH, JONES, CARTER, etc. above each
>statement will let readers easily recognize who said what. But that will
>take maybe 10 seconds to do, won't it? I learned in teaching college
>writing that most people aren't interested in investing a few seconds in
>trying to make their writing clear.
>
>End of sermon, but will all who agree with me say, "Amen"?
>
>
>
>
>Farrell Till
>Skepticism, Inc.
>jftill@midwest.net
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