A Word from Mr. Lim: Forwarded from CCBE

Achilles achillesz@usa.net
Sun, 7 Feb 1999 22:21:00 -0500 (00918465660, 03192160842353@unifour.com) 

On 7 Feb 99, at 21:16, Matthew Bell wrote:


> > Matthew Bell (Actually Farrel Till)

> > By the way, if you will go back to what I posted on this subject

> > earlier, you will see that I said my investigation of the word "ken" had

> > uncovered at least one example where the word "ken" meant similar.  When

> > I get back to this project, I will include that in my posting and show

> > that the context in which the word was used is such that there can be no

> > denial that it mean only similar and not EXACTLY the same.  Your problem

> > is going to be that you can make no such claim for that kind of textual

> > clarity in Exodus 7.

> 

> Matthew Bell

> Nothing like moving the goalposts!! CCBE don't need to show that it can

> only mean similar and not exactly in the passage, only that the meaning we

> have taking is possible. You would be wasting your time and effort if you

> took that line, indeed any line which does not counter the two Hebrew

> scholars who support out understanding of the meaning of 'ken'.

> 


Achilles
Just where do you get the idea that all that is necessary to prove your case is 
to show that it is, in some remote way, *possible*? This is a common 
fundamentalist position, and I confess even having been raised one I have NEVER 
seen any sense to it. 

Would you accept this from anyone else? If I showed you it was *possible* that 
Jesus was NOT the messiah, would you then renounce the Christian Heresy and 
convert to Judaism or Islam? 

Possible is a word that can be applied to any proposition which does not 
contradict itself. Just because a proposition is *possible* does not mean that 
it is probable. 

It is *possible* that you, Matthew, are in fact a disembodied brain, hooked 
into a massive computer which provides your brain with direct stimulation, 
simulating the world you believe you interact with. Since it is possible, it 
must be true, right? 

If not, why not? 

/Achilles     achillesz@usa.net

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