FYI:'Irony tending toward sarcasm is frequent in the prophets. See Amos 4:1ff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: December 29, 2004 18:15 Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Idioms and Figures of Speech > Take the plank out of your own eye before you help remove the splinter from > another's eye. > > -- slade > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Miller > Sent: Wednesday, 29 December, 2004 10.12 > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Idioms and Figures of Speech > > Bill Taylor wrote: > > This whole thing is dripping with sarcasm; > > in other words, it is figurative through and > > through, written only to make a point or two > > about the extremes of wooden-literal > > interpretations > > You don't think the Bible is written with this kind of sarcasm and > figurative speech anywhere, do you? If so, please share some examples. > Thanks. > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
