Posted: Apr 23, 2017 3:24 pm
PensivePenny wrote:Thomas Eshuis wrote:
Except that it isnt a straw-man.
You explicitely mention that's not a lot, implying that there either should be more or you'd expect more.
I am asking you why you would expect that.
It's a straw man because you are comparing a "law book" (whatever that is) to a collection of fictional works containing a plethora of stories spattered with "laws" that range from being limited to the ten commandments to every parable and example set by Jesus himself.
That's a flawed analogy, not a straw-man.
A straw-man would be me claiming you said something which you didn't.
PensivePenny wrote: By implying that my statement should also be applicable to the rule of law whereby contradictory laws are stricken from the "law book" by legislative action IS most certainly a straw man when no such mechanism exists in the bible where there are contradictions upon contradiction.
Again, at best a flawed analogy, not a straw-man which is a deliberate misrepresentation.
PensivePenny wrote: So, yeah 3 or 4 are not a lot. That is what we call an opinion. You don't like that, well I'm okay with that
Opinions are things like "I enjoy that".
"Not a lot" is a quantative statement which depends on a metric, ie not a subjective thing.
You still haven't answeed the question: why is it not a lot? In other words why would you expect more?