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Why do people believe that Beowulf is fiction?
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RE: Why do people believe that Beowulf is fiction?
(June 4, 2018 at 4:39 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(June 4, 2018 at 4:20 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I guess an honest conversation in good faith was too much to ask. I'm about ready to dismiss anything you say a priori as mealy-mouthed weaseling.

I was being serious, and trying to have an honest conversation.  You can do as you like, but I think that your rule you applied is flawed and not based on good principle and reason. Mostly, because it has nothing to do with the thing in question and whether it actually occurred.

Really? Because it sounds like you're getting into the semantics of 'what's a dragon?' when you know we're talking about giant serpentine creatures that fly and 'what about parrots?' when you know we're talking about rabbits and donkeys carrying on cogent conversations or delivering divine messages. Or at least that's what you know if you're not profoundly ignorant of how human communication in English works. But I don't think you're that ignorant.

Frankly, your reply just sounds like more mealy-mouthed weaseling to justify the previous mealy-mouthed weaseling.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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RE: Why do people believe that Beowulf is fiction? - by Mister Agenda - June 5, 2018 at 9:18 am

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