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Voltaire2

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8. No it isn't obvious at all that she was referring
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 06:18 PM
Apr 2019

only to those who are “seeking the divine”.

I guess she was speaking in tongues or something. Your excerpted paragraph I quoted refers only to “people” in the environmental movement. Where does she restrict “people” to “people seeking the divine”?

Oh, boy...stretching credulity in search of being meaningful. MineralMan Apr 2019 #1
Expanding our understanding. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #2
"but if you prefer limitations" trotsky Apr 2019 #3
And is this a snide attack? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #6
#1, there you go again with "eye for an eye" justice. So Christian of you. trotsky Apr 2019 #13
Was your response a snide attack, or an open attack? guillaumeb Apr 2019 #15
This is about your attack, g. trotsky Apr 2019 #16
No, it started with your attempt to misframe. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #18
No, it didn't. trotsky Apr 2019 #20
Oh, really? MineralMan Apr 2019 #4
The excerpted paragraph appears to claim that your environmentalism will fail without jesus. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #5
She is obviously speaking of those, and to those, guillaumeb Apr 2019 #7
No it isn't obvious at all that she was referring Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #8
Only those seeking the divine would feel the lack. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #9
She explicitly claims that people without Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #10
What she said was: guillaumeb Apr 2019 #11
The set is people in the environmental movement. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #12
The word "people" means many things. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #14
Perhaps instead of dismissing what others are trying to tell you, you should listen instead. trotsky Apr 2019 #17
When others attempt to insert a meaning into a statement, guillaumeb Apr 2019 #19
Listen. trotsky Apr 2019 #21
Please provide any evidence at all that Victoria Loorz meant to restrict Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #22
You made an assertion. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #23
er, no, the paragraph you posted in your op is clearly talking about people in the environmental Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #24
You made an assertion based on what you claim is her intent. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #25
Much like when people say "everybody" and you object marylandblue Apr 2019 #26
No, when it is a small number it seems obvious to mention it. guillaumeb Apr 2019 #27
Thereby selectively claiming something is an idiom when it suits your purpose marylandblue Apr 2019 #28
An entire subthread devoted to diversion. guillaumeb May 2019 #34
"OK for me, not for thee." trotsky May 2019 #29
It's the Gott mit uns effect, perhaps. MineralMan May 2019 #30
Indeed. trotsky May 2019 #31
Non-believers are fair game for everyone, it seems. MineralMan May 2019 #32
Among Chinese authoritarians as well? guillaumeb May 2019 #35
here is the phrase in question Voltaire2 May 2019 #33
This is evidence of your own interpretation of her use of an idiom. guillaumeb May 2019 #36
Please provide your evidence Voltaire2 May 2019 #37
Reread my response. guillaumeb May 2019 #38
please provide the evidence that supports your interpretation. Voltaire2 May 2019 #39
There is none for your own. guillaumeb May 2019 #40
actually there is and I posted it. Voltaire2 May 2019 #41
No, you posted your own idiosyncratic interpretation guillaumeb May 2019 #42
Ok let's try this one more time. Voltaire2 May 2019 #43
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