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At 06:53 PM 12/27/02 +0000, And Rosta wrote:
John: > And Rosta scripsit: > > > A. Ultra-fundamentalist. CLL is gospel except where it can conclusively> > be proved to be self-contradictory or to contravene inviolable principles> > I don't wish to start another Humpty-Dumpty debate, but surely > this is fundamentalism simpliciter? *Ultra*-fundamentalism would say > "CLL is gospel *even* where it can conclusively [etc.]" > > Or (in the words of an actual fundamentalist whom I heard on TV > some years ago) "You don't have to *understand* the whole Bible to > *believe* the whole Bible!" > > John, fundamentalist Okay: the intent was to contrast with Nick's variety of pragmatic fundamentalism, which is manifest also sometimes in you. I suppose that that can be summed up as "you needn't honour the letter so long as you honour the spirit".
Which I believe was always the intent in defining the baseline; treating CLL as scripture to be taken literally came about only when there was disagreement whether a particular usage was honoring the spirit. If there was a way to go back to that point of view, I'd love it (that may be a way that Academic Lojbanists can experiment and still remain within the greater community of Microsoft Lojbanists).
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