Isnt I believe an act of oath taking?

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Post #77,849 by boxley 1/29/03 1:50:41 PM Reply	Isnt I believe an act of oath taking? will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] "The Mafia was preferable to the state, because it survived by providing services people actually wanted" Murray Rothbard
Post #77,897 by tseliot 1/29/03 4:12:16 PM Reply	Depends upon your definition of oath I use "oath" to mean invocation of a higher power (i.e. patron), usually to imply sanctions if the expressed contract is broken. "I believe X to be true," doesn't often include such an oath. "I believe in person X" might, especially if they are seen as that higher power. Long before Kant or even Linnaeus' assertions about taxonomy, common wisdom assumed a thing's name was coterminous with the thing itself, hence the language about taking action "in the name of" someone else. Or take the verses about "I was baptized by Paul, Apollos", etc, concerning which Paul has to take pains to make clear that such intermediaries are not going to be a part of this new covenant. Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance - Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation. BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #77,903 by boxley 1/29/03 4:22:00 PM Reply	same definition as I use, thanx will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] "The Mafia was preferable to the state, because it survived by providing services people actually wanted" Murray Rothbard

postulated, faith divorced from good works has no value - (boxley) - (20) - Jan. 27, 2003, 08:41:20 PM EST

ie "talk is cheap" ? -NT - (Ashton) - (5) - Jan. 27, 2003, 08:58:43 PM EST

We have a winner! -NT - (Brandioch) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2003, 09:42:20 PM EST

"I'm a Mog! Half man, half dog -- I'm my own best friend!" -NT - (Ashton) - Jan. 27, 2003, 11:14:40 PM EST

And gibberish is cheaper? - (marlowe) - (2) - Jan. 28, 2003, 11:16:24 AM EST

Babbling incoherence is GPL -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 28, 2003, 11:19:17 AM EST

Incorrect. - (Brandioch) - Jan. 28, 2003, 11:26:54 AM EST

so much for well thought out reasonable debate - (boxley) - Jan. 27, 2003, 11:20:39 PM EST

The contrary is true as well - (tangaroa) - Jan. 27, 2003, 11:43:28 PM EST

Sounds like James. - (tseliot) - (9) - Jan. 27, 2003, 11:43:42 PM EST

this is the discussion I had hoped to provoke - (boxley) - (7) - Jan. 28, 2003, 12:01:25 AM EST

Good is Anonymous - (deSitter) - Jan. 28, 2003, 12:12:31 AM EST

From our modern POV perhaps. - (tseliot) - Jan. 28, 2003, 04:08:47 PM EST

Some thoughts on "belief" et al. - (static) - (4) - Jan. 29, 2003, 01:51:59 AM EST

Yes, although the NT points out change - (tseliot) - (3) - Jan. 29, 2003, 01:44:29 PM EST

Isnt I believe an act of oath taking? -NT - (boxley) - (2) - Jan. 29, 2003, 01:50:41 PM EST

Depends upon your definition of oath - (tseliot) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2003, 04:12:16 PM EST

same definition as I use, thanx -NT - (boxley) - Jan. 29, 2003, 04:22:00 PM EST

Not so different from - - (Ashton) - Jan. 28, 2003, 12:26:54 AM EST

Jesus would say - (deSitter) - Jan. 27, 2003, 11:44:54 PM EST

Can't be done - (mhuber) - April 29, 2003, 04:16:53 PM EDT

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