To 'Gnat Man': It's the pot/kettles thingy, David.I was actually embarassed over what you did to someone recently on TT. That was, IMO, about as inappropriate as inappropriate gets.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: January 01, 2005 10:36 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The place of creeds in relation to truth > Gary wrote: > > * e.g., how many ppl, actually, are involvd > > in composg the ff. 'quote'(?): > > Gary, you are straining at gnats here. There are three people involved: > Judy, Schaff, and a book of the works of Servetus which Schaff references. > When I asked Judy to give the source, she accidentally included part of the > text of the section she was trying to reference. That section included some > latin phrases that apparently you did not understand, but they plainly > stated in Roman numerals that the year of the work was 1532. > > Judy wrote: "It was written of Calvin after the death of Servetus." She > was referring to Schaff, the historian, writing about Calvin. > > Schaff wrote the quote that you republished. > > The criticism you wrote originally, was not about this quote, but about her > earlier quote when she was asked to reference the source. That earlier > quote was Schaff giving us one of his many references for material that > exists and which he presumably has read and based his opinion upon. You > claimed that this was not relevant because Schaff did not know who printed > the book, nor the exact place of plublication, even though he knew the city > and when the book was published. I think it is relevant because the source > should not be discounted simply upon the basis that in 1532 there was no > standard practice of printing in the book the name of the exact publisher. > They didn't have ISBN numbers back then either, does that mean the source is > not to be considered relevant? Please. > > Why are we wasting time straining at gnats? > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > > ---------- > "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.
