XPost: alt.abortion, alt.society.liberalism, alt.activism.death-penalty   
   XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: randolf@canadianatheists.ca   
      
   On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 09:59:45 +1100   
   Michael Christ  wrote:   
   > On 5/03/2024 6:24 am, Randolf Richardson 張文道 wrote:   
   > > On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 08:08:30 -0600   
   > > Gregory Greenman  wrote:   
   > >> On 3/3/2024 12:37 AM, Michael Christ wrote:   
   > >>> On 3/03/2024 5:20 pm, Gregory Greenman wrote:   
   > >>>> On 3/2/2024 6:05 PM, Michael Christ wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> Think about it. He has to believe that the ===>>> testimony <<<=== of   
   > >>>>> the talking donkey is true in the bible in order to refute it. Get it?   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> No, not at all. We know that donkeys don't talk, so that story is   
   > >>>> obviously untrue. That's the point.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Read what I wrote again without snipping it to what you would like.   
   > >>   
   > >> Okay, I've done that. What you said is still wrong. Just like the bible.   
   > >   
   > > ...and just like how we know that talking donkeys   
   > > aren't real, we also know talking snakes aren't   
   > > real.  In fact, it's even more preposterous to   
   > > claim that snakes can talk since they don't even   
   > > have vocal folds or a voice box.   
   > >   
   > > (I like the point you made about the donkeys not   
   > > being able to talk.)   
   >   
   > Try this Blondie: I said "donkey" or "snake," singular. If you can't   
   > even get that right what hope is there for you?   
      
   Even I, a natural blonde, knows that the plural   
   forms of the words "snake" and "donkey" refers to   
   all snakes and donkeys in the sense of them being   
   species in a general way.   
      
   > I didn't talk about herds of donkeys and snakes (care of Gregory the   
   > great) sweeping across the Serengeti plain!   
      
   Well, 'tis a good thing I used the plural forms   
   then, isn't it?   
      
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