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Re: style of argument
Posted By: Sam, on host 206.152.189.219
Date: Friday, October 20, 2000, at 12:55:20
In Reply To: Re: style of argument posted by Trip on Friday, October 20, 2000, at 12:10:25:

> > You ought to know by now that you can't go around making statements like that in this forum without qualifying 'Why'. Talk is cheap when untempered by wisdom.
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> Interesting. Sam and others can say that homosexuality is wrong, a sin, immoral, or what-have-you, with no rationalization other than, in essence, "because the Bible says so" . . . Yet I point out, using the same phrasing Sam did, that I have a problem with Christianity and not Christians, and you jump on me.

I think you're being a little unnecessarily defensive here. Neither Wolf, nor I, in this post, is jumping on you but simply asking for further information. You may find "because the Bible says so" an inadequate justification -- that's fine -- but nonetheless it IS a justification. (One, I might add, that was not even once presented as an argument that should be compelling to anyone that doesn't already accept its premise.) As opposed to your statement, which was not justified *at all*. Which is ok -- nothing says you have provide support for every statement you ever make. On the other hand, it's also ok for someone to follow up to something you say with a request for your reasons, which is what happened and which you have now answered with this post. There's no reason to be touchy about it.