Comments on: 2007 Church Statistics

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:28:57 +0000

If thinking that people should say what they mean and mean what they say makes me a militant linguist, then give me my uniform. :)

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:29:20 +0000

It does. ;)

By: rick

rick — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:20:42 +0000

Militant linguists! All of you!

Let me rephrase:

The recent change to exclude the unbaptized children over the age of nine from the membership tallies makes one wonder why they would have been considered members in the first place, does it not?

:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:11:17 +0000

He’s right though, rick. To beg the question, one treats his argument as already pre-proven without actual proof. In your case, no argument was made.

In fact, there’s a whole movement to restore BTQ to it’s original stature.

http://begthequestion.info/

By: rick

rick — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:06:40 +0000

Who died and made you the syntax saviour, ltbugaf?

It’s petty, really.

By: ltbugaf

ltbugaf — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:44:39 +0000

You mean it leads to the question? Or provokes the question? Begging a question is a whole other matter.

By: rick

rick — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:18:36 +0000

It kind-of begs the question why they were counted in the first place, no? lol

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:41:08 +0000

I found this interesting.

>children are no longer counted as members if they turn age 9 and are not baptized.