Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

At 19.41 04/01/00 -0500, peter_kirk AT sil.org wrote:
>Actually, I don't see how the jury can be out yet if the court is 
>still waiting for a witness, Fred Cryer. I accept that the final 
>verdict is not yet given. But in a real court, experienced lawyers can 
>often tell you long before the jury goes out or comes back in which 
>way the verdict is going to go, that the evidence is clearly pointing 
>one way or the other. 

Punters pick winners, but one has to wait till the race is over before one
gets one's money.

>Occasionally, I suppose, the last witness brings 
>up some new point which confounds others' expectations and swings the 
>whole trial. So, let's see Fred Cryer's evidence. Until then, let's 
>stop trying to prejudge the issue in either direction. That includes 
>you, Ian, stopping making postings implying that the inscription is a 
>fraud by putting it in the same category as the proven fraud Piltdown 
>Man.

Here you go again, reading my mind Peter. While people are irrationally
taking the Tel Dan inscription for granted, if I bring people's attention
to the fact that frauds have been known in the past, I'm accused of
implying that it is a fraud. This is unjustifiable.

There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt about in your two
dimentional (yes/no, right/wrong, true/false) world, Peter!


Cheers,


Ian