And why do you have some sort of need to call the statements lies? It is not as though Liberal was creating a screed to condemn Judaism. He mentioned one issue, in passing, that does not appear to be central to his own discussion. I have no problem with anyone pointing out that his dismissal of John’s use of the phrase is not in accord with the majority of scholarship. Once that point has been made, however, there is no point in hijacking the thread–or violating the rules of the forum–simply to harp on that matter.
You’ve made your point, now back off of the hijack. Your issue is really irrelevant to the thread.
And if you have some deep-seated need to hurl insults, yoiu can open up your own thread in the BBQ Pit to hurl them.
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Look, this series of threads has gone on for a couple of months, now. The participation in each thread has been
Part 1: 134 posts, with 8 serious posters and 2,509 views
Part 2: 55 posts, with 5 serious posters and 1,156 views
Part 3: 72 posts, with 4 serious posters and 1,261 views
Part 4: 57 posts, with 10 or so posters, and 1,302 views.
Given that at least four of the posters have been consistent through the several threads, we have an enormous viewer to poster ratio. There are obviously a number of people who are demonstrating some interest in this series of threads, just the way they have developed so far.
Hijacking the thread and hurling insults to contest a rather minor point is not going to be permitted. If you feel that the matter is more important, open a separate thread to debate it.
I would certainly agree that the tack Liberal has taken with regard to the biblical exigesis in not in accord with any major path of critical review. I would also acknowledge that I find his sidebar discussion unfortunate in that it provides an opportunity for folks with differing views to voice them in the middle of a different discussion. Given that he is not trying to establish an historical position, but a philosophical one, it is pretty clear that such a point is not relevant to the central discussion of the thread. You are welcome to point out the difference. You are not welcome to harp on the matter and disrupt the thread.
This is not a matter of Liberal dictating the content of the thread. This is a matter of not permitting an ongoing discussion to be disrupted over issues that are outside the scope of the discussion.
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