Posted by SLS on October 2, 2006, at 16:56:15
In reply to Re: untrue religions » Dr. Bob, posted by AuntieMel on October 2, 2006, at 16:38:21
> Nowhere did she say that there were any *completely* untrue religions.
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> Only that not *all* religions are *all* true.
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> It's like a double negative.No. The second "all" is simply superfluous.
> How does that put anyone down?
I do not accept that any part of my religion is untrue. To me, that is a put down. See? I see the statement as proposing the possibility that my religion is a member of that category of "not all religions are all true". I do not accept that possibility. It is a put down that it be proposed.
- Scott
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