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To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (18055)	6/24/1998 12:34:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Ask: You are using circuitous logic to try and make a point based on your faith. You are posing a "looping" question similar, in some respects, to the old attorney saw that has the accused on the stand and the prosecutor leans over to him and says, "So tell me, Mr. Smith, have you stopped beating your wife yet? Yes or no." Of course this is a no win situation. If the poor fool says yes, it implies he used to beat his wife. If he says no, then he's stating that he still beats his wife. Either way he answers he is saying he has beat his wife -- even if he has not. Do you understand now the erroneous way you are positing the question? FT