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Author Topic:   Does the rabbit chew the cud? Bible inerrancy supported!
PaulK
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Message 63 of 89 (235512)
08-22-2005 12:35 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by randman
08-22-2005 12:12 PM


Circular Argument
In other words your basis for claiming that the Bible is not in error on this point is that the translation is misleading.
And your basis for claiming that the translation is misleading is because if it is correct then the Bible would be in error.

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PaulK
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Message 66 of 89 (235531)
08-22-2005 1:06 PM
Reply to: Message 64 by randman
08-22-2005 12:51 PM


Re: Circular Argument
No, your basis is not Hebrew. You've not appealed to any Hebrew source or any authority on the Hebrew language. You've simply assumed that the Bible can't be wrong.
So your argument is circular.
On the other hand your idea that "chewing the cud" is a "modern" idea is on the face of it silly. The phrase was hardly new when the KJV was translated.
So it would seem that if you have a point then there is a lot more to be said.

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Message 71 of 89 (235547)
08-22-2005 1:40 PM
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08-22-2005 1:25 PM


Re: Circular Argument
More importantly it is too much of an assumption to assume that they are so different that the Hebrew would include the hare's behaviour.
Simply making chewing motions of the mouth is distinct from actually chewing the cud. Certainly "chews the cud" can't simply refer to chewing - otherwise it would include practically every animal with teeth. So we do need to see some indication of the meaning and it needs to be based on more than the question-begging claim that the Bible has to be correct.
(On a more amusing note I saw a KJV-inerrantist try that line only to suddenly reverse himself when it was pointed out that the KJV certainly did say "chew the cud" in English).

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