RE: In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 pm
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2025 at 2:02 pm by Angrboda.)
(May 4, 2025 at 1:50 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Maybe this will move the discussion along.
From the Rules:
Quote: In the interests of communication, we ask that members do not diverge from definitions of words that are found in established dictionaries.
Boru
It was implied by the discussion that one was diverging from such already, so I don't see this quotation of the rules as relevant. Technically speaking, whether an animal has a head that resembles a beach ball, or a head that literally is a beach ball, either way one has already departed from dictionary definitions. Either animal or organism would be classified as a different species, and presuming the reasoning abilities of cladists has not gone on holiday, it wouldn't be an elephant. The hypothetical only makes sense if one is already speaking in terms of an organism that only resembles an elephant in part. Otherwise it's a rather pedestrian exercise in taxonomy.
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