PLEASE READ THESE QUESTIONS THEY WILL PROVIDE INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN CLARIFYING THINGS AND CLEAR UP MOST IF NOT ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
Below is a string of questions I gave for a gentleman I had a discussion with:
PLEASE NOTE:
Do not answer the transcript questions unless you are being difficult! LOL
I ASKED THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES THE SOCRATIC METHOD (ASKING QUESTIONS) IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN OR TEACH CONCEPTS. IF I WERE TO FORCE MY POSITION THROUGH NON-QUESTIONS IT WOULD HAVE ONLY BROUGHT RESENTMENT. I REALIZE I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT SOMETIMES SCIENCE ISSUES AND ISSUES OF TRANSLATION OF ANCIENT TEXT WHERE PHRASES AND WORDS HAVE LIMITED/DATA ARE DIFFICULT TO ANSWER. PLEASE IGNORE THE DIPLOMA/TRANSCRIPT QUESTIONS (UNLESS I THINK YOU MAY BE CHOOSING TO BE DIFFICULT!)
Dear Sir:
I have come to the conclusion you are perhaps doing the best you can. I will make it easier for the you and the audience to discover how certain you are in declaring Leviticus 11: 5-6 to be in error. I also realize it is definitely my fault to some degree the lack of clarity in our debate. To be honest it is hard to tell over the internet since communication is more difficult. When you answer my questions please put the number of the question next to your answer.
I think this list will clarify things for yourself and the audience. I put the questions in a certain order so they could be a teaching tool for yourself.
1) How important is it for this debate from 1 to 100 where 100 is super important that Professor Ruetimeyer,the authority on ruminants, said, "a animal can chew the cud and still not be a ruminant" for an animal that has a fermentation chamber plus has a peer science journal saying it chews the cud (this is of course the hyrax)
Please justify your answer
2) How important is it for this debate from 1 to 100 where 100 is super important that professor Ruetimeyer, the authority on ruminants said, "a animal can chew the cud and still not be a ruminant" for the hare who has:
a fermentation chamber, it shares in common that fact it has fermentation chamber with the hyrax, it has professsor ruetimeyer declaring it chews the cud and he is an expert in rumination, it has cowper declare he watched its "cousin" the rabbit minutely and it chewed the cud, and jules carles, the world famous geneticist says that based on a comparative study between its "cousin" the rabbit and a cow that "it is hard to declare the rabbit is not a ruminant."
Please justify your answer
3) How could you tell the difference between an animal just moving its teeth and it ruminating?
Please elaborate
4) How sure could you be regarding question 3 from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
Please justify
5) when did hendrichs say the hyrax chewed the cud? How was it distributed throughout the day according to Hendrichs?
6) Is 24 hour continous study for several days better than non- continuous study in order to determine rumination for the hyrax?
Yes? No?
7) How important to have careful empirical data such as hendrichs which was 24 hour continuous monitering for several days if you want to be a careful scientist on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is very important (please keep in mind that he was published in a peer reviewed science journal)?
Please fully justify your answer.
8) do you have comparable data to hendrichs in terms of his 24 continuous study for several days?
yes? no?
9) How likely is it that the hyrax does chews the cud on scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty?
Please justify your answer.
(please consider Hendrich data compared to others and hendrichs was published in a peer reviewed science journal, please consider the hyraxes fermentation chamber, please consider that an animal can be ruminate but still not be a ruminant according to ruetimeyer))
10) How likely is it that you are wrong about the number you gave in question #9 on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
Please fully support your answer
11)How confident should the audience reading this post be regarding the number you gave in question 10 from a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
please fully support your answer.
12) Is it preferable to have 24 hour continuous study to determine if hares chew the cud?
Yes? No?
13) if it is not preferable then please state why.
14) How important is it on a scale from 1 to 100 to study hares for a 24 hours continuously in captivity for several days if you want to be a careful scientist where 100 is really important?
please justify your answer
15) do you have any data where hares where closely monitered for 24 hours continuously and they did not chew the cud?
Yes? NO?
How much does your reply to this question matter on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is really important?
16) do you have any data for Middle eastern hares where they were continuously monitered for several 24 hour periods and no cud chewing was observed.
Does it matter? Please justify your answer.
17) How likely is it that the hare chews the cud on scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty?
(please considers Hendrich data compared to others, please consider the hyraxes fermentation chamber, please consider that the hare also has a fermentation chamber,please consider that an animal can be ruminate but still not be a ruminant according to ruetimeyer, please consider that jules carles said it is hard to say that a rabbit does not ruminate and a rabbit could be similar to a hare, and the hyrax and hare both have a fermentation chamber)
Please fully support your answer.
18) How likely is it that you are wrong about the number you gave in question 17 on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
Please fully support your answer
19)How confident should the audience reading this post be regarding the number you gave in question 18 from a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
please fully support your answer.
20) How likely is it that the hare does chews the cud on scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty?
(please considers Hendrich data compared to others, please consider the hyraxes fermentation chamber, please consider that an animal can be ruminate but still not be a ruminant according to ruetimeyer, please consider that one science reference source says the hyrax is a ruminant)
Please fully support your answer.
21) How likely is it that you are wrong about the number you gave in question #20 on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
Please fully support your answer
22)How confident should the audience reading this post be regarding the number you gave in question 21 from a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
please fully support your answer.
23) How likely is it that the hyrax does chews the cud on scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty?
(please considers Hendrich data compared to others, please consider the hyraxes fermentation chamber, please consider that an animal can be ruminate but still not be a ruminant according to ruetimeyer, please consider that one science reference source says the hyrax is a ruminant)
Please fully support your answer.
24) How likely is it that you are wrong about the number you gave in question #23 on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
Please fully support your answer
25)How confident should the audience reading this post be regarding the number you gave in question 25 from a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty.
please fully support your answer.
26) On a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is very competent how competent are you in hebrew?
27) If you gave a high number for question 26 please describe for the readers your Hebrew education or self study.
ONLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION IF YOU ARE BEING DIFFICULT OR i THINK YOU MAY BE BEING DIFFICULT!
28) if it is self study how do you propose showing the readers you are competent?
SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUESTION 27
29) If you had hebrew education can you send the transcripts to the moderator or verify it somehow.
SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUESTION 28
30) if you have transcripts can you please post them on the internet.
SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUESTION 29
31) How well could you explain why each of the other 5 plus rabbinical/christian scholars were wrong for each individual scholar on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is fantastic.
please justify your answer
32) did you explain why each of the other 5 plus rabbinical/christian scholars were wrong or more likely to be wrong for each individual scholar?
yes? no?
33) on a scale from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty how confident are you that "malah gerah" ONLY means chews the cud?
please justify
34)How confident are you in the number you gave in question 33
from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty?
please justify
35) How confident should the readers be in the number you gave in question 34 from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty and why?
Please justify
36) are you taking into account your combined uncertainty regarding the language and the science issues if you determine that the Leviticus 11: 5 is in error and taking into a account the opinions of the commentators Samuel Clark, Saruk and JP Holding in your opinion?
Who is samuel clark? why did saruk say what he said and why did he say what he said? Please do the same for Holding as you did for Saruk.
37) How confident from 1-100 are you that the Bible made a mistake in Leviticus 11: 5 where 100 is absolutely confident taking answers 1- into account.
Please state why and justify
38) How confident are you that the number you gave in question 37 is correct where 100 is absolute certainty and 0 is no certainty at all .
please justify
39) How confident should the audience be for the number you gave for question 38 where 0 is not confident at all and 100 is complete certainty.
Please justify
40) How confident are you taking into the opinion of samuel clark that Leviticus 11: 6 made a error from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty?
please justify
41) How confident are you in your opinion in #40 from 1 to 100 where 100 is complete certainty?
please justify
42) How confident should the audience be in your answer to question 41 where 0 is not certain at all and 100 is very confident.
please justify
[This message has been edited by kendemyer, 01-28-2004]
[This message has been edited by kendemyer, 02-19-2004]
and swallows them whole 
Normal rabbits don't allow cecotrophs to fall to the ground unless the rabbit suffers from a mechanical problem (obesity) or illness (indegestion?).
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