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Originally Posted by soulatom
As to the arrogance of a particular member… “The only thing that casts doubt on the miracles of Jesus is that they were all witnessed by fishermen” Wow, this to me figures as quite an arrogant statement in itself.
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I had a quite different take on this. According to popular wisdom fishermen are prone to exagerate their success, by quite a large margin. Hence remarks such as "You should have seen the size of the one that got away."
Thus, I took the poster to be pointing out, in a humorous manner, intended to lighten the tone of what had become a heated thread, a very serious point: the demonstrable unreliability of eyewitnesses.
As such, I thought it was the opposite of arrogant, and a nice attempt to make a point firmly, but gently.
MM, thank you for your regrets expressed earlier. I am formulating a reply at present, that I may elect to send by pm. I wish to take time on it to minimise the risk of creating misunderstanding, or giving offence.
