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Earliest evidence of Christianity found in Galilee village
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --TassmanTags: None
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostI am not sure where you got the idea that the fifth century is the "Earliest evidence of Christianity".Maybe you should try looking at the title of the OP "Earliest evidence of Christianity found in Galilee village" or the title of the article "Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Israel’s Jezreel Valley." It's the earliest evidence for Christianity found in that region.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostMaybe you should try looking at the title of the OP "Earliest evidence of Christianity found in Galilee village" or the title of the article "Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Israel’s Jezreel Valley." It's the earliest evidence for Christianity found in that region.
Your thread title is an illustration of what Richard Lederer would describe as “Anguished English”, of which there are numerous and invariably hilarious examples. By misplacing the modifier your title has been rendered inaccurate and somewhat absurd; as it implies that a fifth century inscription found in a Galilean village is the earliest known evidence of Christianity, when it self-evidently is not.
Another example of such confusion is: A decision has made for the accommodation of pigs in the US Department of Agriculture.
Or [a personal favourite]: In 1095 Urban II called for a crusade in Clermont.
We sometimes forget that what is very clear to us may be far from clear to anyone reading what we have written."Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" Attrib. Seneca 4 BCE - 65 CE
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
Your thread title is an illustration of what Richard Lederer would describe as “Anguished English”, of which there are numerous and invariably hilarious examples. By misplacing the modifier your title has been rendered inaccurate and somewhat absurd; as it implies that a fifth century inscription found in a Galilean village is the earliest known evidence of Christianity, when it self-evidently is not.
Another example of such confusion is: A decision has made for the accommodation of pigs in the US Department of Agriculture.
Or [a personal favourite]: In 1095 Urban II called for a crusade in Clermont.
We sometimes forget that what is very clear to us may be far from clear to anyone reading what we have written.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostPlease take your incessant nitpicking and caviling elsewhere
Unless of course you like making yourself an object of ridicule."Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" Attrib. Seneca 4 BCE - 65 CE
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
I offer you my advice again, and that is to carefully read through what you have written before you submit it!
Unless of course you like making yourself an object of ridicule.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostPlease take your incessant nitpicking and caviling elsewhere
Please don't reply any further."Neighbor, how long has it been since you’ve had a big, thick, steaming bowl of Wolf Brand Chili?”
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostMaybe you should try looking at the title of the OP "Earliest evidence of Christianity found in Galilee village" or the title of the article "Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Israel’s Jezreel Valley." It's the earliest evidence for Christianity found in that region.
Once you clarified it, it was fine; I just don't think you need to be so defensive about a phrasing that was legitimately confusing, and it would've been better to just admit you didn't phrase it that well and move on.
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostThat's not an inuitive reading, though. I looked at the title and also thought it was saying it was the earliest evidence of Christianity at all, which didn't make much sense. It wasn't until your clarification that I understood what you meant.
Once you clarified it, it was fine; I just don't think you need to be so defensive about a phrasing that was legitimately confusing, and it would've been better to just admit you didn't phrase it that well and move on.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIt's more with being tired of dealing with a poster who has a history of looking very hard to find something to split hairs over and willing to continue on for pages about it with the tenacity of a bulldog"Neighbor, how long has it been since you’ve had a big, thick, steaming bowl of Wolf Brand Chili?”
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