Well, I guess it is a good idea to call for honesty. Such a lonely word, indeed. And since we are on that subject: Your reading of: cherry picking has advantages, is rather odd.
It reminds me of my brother and the marmalade pot, looking intently to fish out the next strawberry, leaving me only the gel. The funny part was, while he was busy doing so, he got crossed eyed.
At any rate, cherry picking is the name of a logical fallacy.
Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position. Cherry picking may be committed intentionally or unintentionally.
So, from my side there is no emotion connected to the term, except maybe the image of my cross eyed brother, which makes me laugh anyway. Snarky is hardly applicable. But rather, I remarked that cherry picking has advantages. And it sure does, because, it can also be used as to device to check the quality of another member in discourse.
Of course, you may be very well reading snarky into what I wrote. It then is about you and not me.
your cherry picking comment was snarky
your cherry picking comment hurt my feelings for I take it as snarky.
See the difference?
I am not saying you are wrong nor inferring you are. I am saying cherry picking has advantages.
Then comes the next thing. Your question about my state of being. I am making a factual observation, explain in detail as to the basis of that observation. And yet, you want to know about my pride. Interesting.
And even if it were pride, does that invalidate the observation of cherry picking having advantages? No. the observation remains valid.
Even more so, Could it be I am accusing myself of cherry picking? Was it a warning against cherry picking? Was it an ironic remark about myself being engaged in biblical meaning? How would you know? Did you ask?
Asking about a state of being, especially leading like you do, seems to indicate another reason. By writing it the way you did, did you try to invalidate the proof?
This brings me to your direct question. As said before, allow the text to speak for itself. You can conclude whatever you wish. It is just a matter of what is reverberating with you.
As always, as Master Yoda succinctly remarked: "misread the prophesy could have been". My observation: Prophesy, generally understood today, is of a different time than now.
So, this leaves us with the question of the actual meaning of the verb: to read.
Well, I guess it is a good idea to call for honesty. Such a lonely word, indeed. And since we are on that subject: Your reading of: cherry picking has advantages, is rather odd.
It reminds me of my brother and the marmalade pot, looking intently to fish out the next strawberry, leaving me only the gel. The funny part was, while he was busy doing so, he got crossed eyed.
At any rate, cherry picking is the name of a logical fallacy.
So, from my side there is no emotion connected to the term, except maybe the image of my cross eyed brother, which makes me laugh anyway. Snarky is hardly applicable. But rather, I remarked that cherry picking has advantages. And it sure does, because, it can also be used as to device to check the quality of another member in discourse.
Of course, you may be very well reading snarky into what I wrote. It then is about you and not me.
See the difference?
I am not saying you are wrong nor inferring you are. I am saying cherry picking has advantages.
Then comes the next thing. Your question about my state of being. I am making a factual observation, explain in detail as to the basis of that observation. And yet, you want to know about my pride. Interesting.
And even if it were pride, does that invalidate the observation of cherry picking having advantages? No. the observation remains valid.
Even more so, Could it be I am accusing myself of cherry picking? Was it a warning against cherry picking? Was it an ironic remark about myself being engaged in biblical meaning? How would you know? Did you ask?
Asking about a state of being, especially leading like you do, seems to indicate another reason. By writing it the way you did, did you try to invalidate the proof?
This brings me to your direct question. As said before, allow the text to speak for itself. You can conclude whatever you wish. It is just a matter of what is reverberating with you.
As always, as Master Yoda succinctly remarked: "misread the prophesy could have been". My observation: Prophesy, generally understood today, is of a different time than now.
So, this leaves us with the question of the actual meaning of the verb: to read.
I guess that's a "no, I don't want to answer the question directly."
Deep voice: "Do you really have to guess?" ...:-)
What doe your bible tell you, or better yet: what does your own spring of knowledge tell you?
You don't want to know. If you did, I'd tell you.