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   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:44:38 -0500   
      
   Watchtower Heretic James  wrote:   
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   >> Quit dodging and playing stupid. You KNOW the Bible says "boat", NOT   
   >> "oars", yet we know the disciples "rowed" the boat. Thus, the mere fact   
   >> Scripture says "boat" does not EXCLUDE the boat from having "oars". You   
   >> KNOW that, yet you KEEP PRETENDING that because the Bible says "staurus"   
   >> (pole), not "patibulum" (cross-beam), it MUST ONLY be understood to mean   
   >> "a pole WITHOUT A CROSS-BEAM".   
      
   > Yes, that is what the word "staurus" meant to first century   
   > Christians.   
      
      
   "house" meant "house" to a first century Christian, not "a house without   
   doors", simply because it used the word "houses", and not "doors".   
      
   "boat" meant "boat" to a first century Christian, not EXCLUSIVELY "a   
   boat without oars", simply because it says "boat", and not "with oars".   
      
   You understand that, and you have even agreed with that principle above.   
      
   Likewise, "pole" meant "pole" to a first century Christian, not   
   EXCLUSIVELY "a pole without a cross-beam", simply because it says   
   "pole", not "with a cross-beam".   
      
   To contend therefore that using the word "pole" NECESSARILY meant "pole   
   without a cross-beam", cannot be a "sincere", or "honest" mistake. It   
   requires the intent to deceive.   
      
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