My thanks tecoyah, for your truly Custardly words. One of the basic precepts of Orthodox Custianity is to always respect other people's beliefs (whatever they might be) but to allow (and sometimes, where necessary, to openly encourage) gentle teasing in respect of faulty arguments used to either validate, or to otherwise back those beliefs up. In other words, the beliefs are fine, but, as with a good (not too lumpy) Custard, we reserve the right to take issue with inconsistency wherever it appears. A lumpy Custard comes from not employing enough effort in the stirring. The same thing goes elsewhere in life. This has been written in the heavens in a language nobody understands, since the dawn of time.
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