1 Step at a Time

JAlw@aol.com JAlw@aol.com
Sat, 4 Oct 1997 20:52:31 -0400 (EDT) (00876034351, 971004205207_1343270926@emout12.mail.aol.com)



> At 04:32 PM 10/4/97 -0400, JAlw@aol.com wrote:
> >I'll cut this argument short. There were two more parts to go. One for
> >Mark, then an argument which short-circuits the false notion that the two
> >statements are in contradiction. I'll present them if anyone really wants
>>to see them.
>
> TILL
> I'd like to see them. Some members of the list may not know this, but I
> believe that Mr. Alward teaches philosophy at a university in California.
> >>
>
>ALWARD
>The first argument presented (snipped above) is independent of the second
>two. If the first can be rebutted, I won't bother presenting the second and
>third parts. May I first hear your response to my first comments?
TILL Okay, I'll respond to your other argument. You compared the biblical statements to someone who might say, "If you aren't part of the solution, then you are part of the problem," but I too would consider this a logical absurdity. <snip> ALWARD More to the point, does it not convey well the attitudes and beliefs of the speaker?