IS it just an obtuse delight in fractiousness? Or has it really not sunk in that any word can have multiple meanings, and arguing them against each other is an exercise in wheel-spinology?

FOr example, a Christian can be someone who follows the teachings or philosophy attributed to Christ as presented in the King James bible OR someone who follows all the teachings of Christ, including those that were expurgated during the formative centuries of the various churches and orghanizations. OR it can mean "someone who belongs to a group calling itself Christian, regardless of its actual tenets".

Maybe we should use less ambiguous words.


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