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"Judah" wrote:
I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word "theory".

That is the only thing about your sentence that is understandable.

The rest of it makes no sense, except perhaps by using your private
definitions of some of the words.

Let's trim it down and see if you can paraphrase in standard English terms:

What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?


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Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:
I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical
scientific theory and those who believe in them.

I also understand that my sentence above did not end with the word
"theory".

That is the only thing about your sentence that is understandable.

The rest of it makes no sense, except perhaps by using your private
definitions of some of the words.

Let's trim it down and see if you can paraphrase in standard English
terms:

What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

"Judah" wrote:


What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in news:13qd2lenuqlup02
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"Judah" wrote:


What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure to
comprehend.

"Judah" wrote:
What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure to
comprehend.

"I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical scientific theory and
those who believe in them."

In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy parsing and
peculiar definition of "oxymoron", and assume you are making a coy attempt to
equate scientific conviction with religious faith.

Is that about it?

Go ahead and use a dictionary and thesaurus if you need to; it's not cheating.


--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

Dan Luke schrieb:
In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy parsing and
peculiar definition of "oxymoron", ...

Although English is not my native language, I did understand it without
difficulties, and the sentence fits perfectly the definition of an
oxymoron. The formulation was not very elegant, and it can even be
debated whether believing in a scientific theory is an oxymoron, but
that doesn't change the fact that the point was perfectly understandable.

Hmm, I see that oxymoron sounds pretty similar to moron.

"Stefan" wrote in message
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Dan Luke schrieb:
In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy parsing
and peculiar definition of "oxymoron", ...

Although English is not my native language, I did understand it

Then perhaps you'd like to explain it.

and the sentence fits perfectly the definition of an oxymoron.

No. An oxymoron is one thing composed of two contrary things that refer to
one another. The sentence contains two things that do not modify or refer
to each other.

Wikipedia: An oxymoron ... is a *figure of speech* that combines two
normally contradictory terms. Oxymoron is a loanword from Greek oxy
("sharp") and moros ("dull"). Thus the word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron.
Oxymorons are a proper subset of the expressions called contradictions in
terms. What distinguishes oxymorons from other paradoxes and contradictions
is that they are used intentionally, for rhetorical effect, and the
contradiction is only apparent, as the combination of terms provides a novel
expression of some concept, such as "cruel to be kind".

Hmm, I see that oxymoron sounds pretty similar to moron.

Really?

Gosh!

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:
What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your failure
to comprehend.

"I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical scientific theory
and those who believe in them."

In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy
parsing and peculiar definition of "oxymoron", and assume you are making
a coy attempt to equate scientific conviction with religious faith.

Is that about it?

Go ahead and use a dictionary and thesaurus if you need to; it's not
cheating.


Since you brought it up, I looked on dictionary.com :

con·vic·tion –noun 1. a fixed or firm belief.

faith -noun 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness
of a person, idea, or thing.


Perhaps you meant, "scientific faith and religious conviction."

"Judah" wrote:

In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy
parsing and peculiar definition of "oxymoron", and assume you are making
a coy attempt to equate scientific conviction with religious faith.

Is that about it?

Go ahead and use a dictionary and thesaurus if you need to; it's not
cheating.


Since you brought it up, I looked on dictionary.com :

con·vic·tion –noun 1. a fixed or firm belief.

faith -noun 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness
of a person, idea, or thing.


Perhaps you meant, "scientific faith and religious conviction."

No. I am attempting to entice you into making a definitive statement
explaining what your point is.

Up to now, you've provided word salad and evasions.

It seems you realize you don't know what you're talking about WRT science and
belief. Looks like you're resorting to being coy so you won't be caught out.

But I could be wrong. Perhaps you really do have a cogent idea discuss.
Seems unlikely, but why don't you try again?

Take your time. I can wait.

--
Dan

"Don't make me nervous when I'm carryin' a baseball bat."
- Big Joe Turner

Judah wrote in
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"Dan Luke" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote:
What does "oxymoron of the typical scientific theory" mean?

That's like asking "What is 1 + "?

So it's meaningless.

Thought so.


Correct. If you don't complete the sentence, the result is your
failure to comprehend.

"I was just pointing out the oxymoron of the typical scientific
theory and those who believe in them."

In the interest of moving this along, I will guess at your fuzzy
parsing and peculiar definition of "oxymoron", and assume you are
making a coy attempt to equate scientific conviction with religious
faith.

Is that about it?

Go ahead and use a dictionary and thesaurus if you need to; it's not
cheating.


Since you brought it up, I looked on dictionary.com :

con·vic·tion –noun 1. a fixed or firm belief.

faith -noun 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or
trustworthiness
of a person, idea, or thing.


Perhaps you meant, "scientific faith and religious conviction."


POerhaps he meant science and bull****.

Bertie