RE: Hello atheistforum
February 6, 2012 at 9:02 pm
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2012 at 9:07 pm by Epimethean.)
"After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst."
I'd like to see the original text on this. "Might be" is a modal idea, which employs the subjunctive for possibilities which have not been realized. Perhaps it does merely hinge on J just kicking the bucket, but that sort of thing is interesting in its layering.
"The catholic church is not christian by any stretch of the imagination."
Since Baptist and Lutheran pastors, Protestant ministers and other priests have frequently been implicated in sexual abuse against minors, methinks I smell the scent of no true Scotsman here.
I'd like to see the original text on this. "Might be" is a modal idea, which employs the subjunctive for possibilities which have not been realized. Perhaps it does merely hinge on J just kicking the bucket, but that sort of thing is interesting in its layering.
"The catholic church is not christian by any stretch of the imagination."
Since Baptist and Lutheran pastors, Protestant ministers and other priests have frequently been implicated in sexual abuse against minors, methinks I smell the scent of no true Scotsman here.
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