From: nospam@buzz.off   
      
   On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:43:05 -0400, the following appeared   
   in talk.origins, posted by jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com>:   
      
   >On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:37:15 -0700, Bob Casanova    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:12:26 -0700, the following appeared   
   >>in talk.origins, posted by Mark Isaak   
   >>:   
   >>   
   >>>On 3/14/25 9:19 AM, Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:13:29 +1100, the following appeared   
   >>>> in talk.origins, posted by MarkE :   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The measure of literalism is in the *interpretation* of the text of   
   >>>>> Genesis, not the quoting of it.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Nope; sorry. "Literalism" literally (sorry 'bout that) means   
   >>>> that the text is taken exactly as read; no interpretation   
   >>>> allowed. If it's interpreted it's not taken literally.   
   >>>   
   >>>Note that interpretation and literalism are not mutually exclusive. For   
   >>>example, if I say, "The cat chased the dog" and you think, "It must have   
   >>>been a pretty mean cat," that's interpretation, even though you still   
   >>>read it literally.   
   >>>   
   >>So if I interpret "chased" to mean "played poker with", and   
   >>you interpret it to mean "had sex with", "chased" is   
   >>literally true for both? Seems like a not very good way to   
   >>ensure accurate communication, but whatever floats your   
   >>boat...   
   >   
   >   
   >Not sure why I bother, but try this:   
   >   
   >You are correct, that it's important to agree on definitions.   
   >   
   >You are not correct, that the definitions you prefer are necessarily   
   >the correct ones for a given context.   
   >   
   Not sure why I bother, but try this:   
      
   Replace "the definitions you prefer" with "the definitions   
   found in the OED", which I noted and you ignored. Again.   
   >   
   >For most adults, this isn't hard to understand.   
   >   
   I agree, but you seem to have problems with it.   
   >   
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