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Date:      Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:00:53 -0400
From:      Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>
To:        Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org>
Cc:        nwestfal@directvinternet.com, tlambert2@mindspring.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why did evolution fail?
Message-ID:  <20020910000053.3bebb8b2.yid@softhome.net>
In-Reply-To: <200209050658.g856wD189878@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
References:  <200209050658.g856wD189878@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>

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On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 23:58:08 -0700
Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> wrote:

> First off, we are dealing with words 2000 years old.  Imagine if I
> went back in time and said "Man, that's a killer outfit. Dude, yer
> stylin, let's hook up and score some babes". Scholars would have a
> field day attempting to determine just what I meant.  We are faced
> with the same dilemna trying to interpret words which had idiomatic
> meanings and content way back then that are lost now.

That's why Judaism finds the study of commentaries, and commentaries on the commentaries, very important. The brevity of the Written Torah points to the Oral Torah.

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