(February 19, 2019 at 3:28 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: See now you are claiming that your magic book is actually not the holy word of gunderscored.
It may be that you have me mixed up with someone else. I have never been a Christian. I have been talking about historical facts and sources, not the truth of the stories.
Anyway, thank you for prompting me to think about this today. The goat-herder quote always seemed unfair to me, kind of like "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" -- fun to type but not of any help to people who want to be accurate. I respect fredd for his willingness to walk back the claim. And the opportunity to think about why it's wrong has clarified the issue for me.