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James Wynn wrote-<br>
If you are discussing Jameson's or Wright's arguments then it is
as
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irrelevant why they did not offer some other argument as it is
to
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speculate why St. Paul did not preach Confucianism.
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António Pedro Marques wrote-<br>
But that is not the issue. The issue, as originally stated, is
that at a certain point some authors make some conclusions that
don't follow from their premises, or fail to make those that do.
Speculating why that happens is important because it may always be
that their conclusions do match the premises after all - but one
has to explain why/how -, or the discrepancy is real and only
finding a cause for it may lay the matter provisorily at rest.
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I think you are building a greater foundation for this issue that
truly exists. As originally stated there were three posts that all
agreed that Wright's premise that the Increate was an invention of
the Hierogrammates was undermined by the fact that Tzadkiel,
Barbatus, and Famulimus worshipped Severian. At this point Lee
opined:<br>
<blockquote>"My impression is that Wright interprets BotNS from an
atheist point of view because he is, himself a devout atheist and
perhaps unwilling to acknowledge spirituality in the work of an
author he so admires, despite awareness of Wolfe's religious
leanings."<br>
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Okay. Lee called it an "impression", so he is acknowledging that his
assessment is not especially fact-based. But it would be an awfully
damning debility on Wright's part if it were true, so perhaps this
assessment should require backing-up with a couple quotes. I mean,
maybe Wright was just not overly impressed with the Heiros pretenses
of obeisance? Many people are not impressed with my wonderful
arguments. How convenient would it be for me to opine that they had
some fundamental bias that prevented them from seeing the noses on
their faces?<br>
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u+16b9 <br>
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