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2:52 AM

@SmileySam You're very welcome. I hope you feel free to continue to drop in here when you have questions (or even answers).

Does anyone know anything about adoptees in the Bible? Are there any other than Moses?

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Paul Vargas

5:43 AM

Hi, @DickHarfield Are you from Australia?

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Dick Harfield

8:41 AM

@PaulVargas Yes, from Australia. What clue did I leave that made you guess this?

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TRiG

1:32 PM

@LeeWoofenden The question of whether a religion teaches X is separate from the question of whether X is true. This is a core foundational philosophy of this site; it's what allows me to participate here (not much, these days). And it means that Skeptics could answer that question.

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Paul Vargas

2:52 PM

@DickHarfield I can't remember. Google helped me a lot. :)

Does Elisha speak?

3:27 PM

Q: Lucifer, Satan, and the Devil

Can we agree as a community that these are three distinct names and titles and direct people who use the interchangeably to a common post? I ask because I see this question: "Is Satan the creator of evil?" is linked to this question as duplicate "Where in the Bible does it say that Lucifer is an...

discussion

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Lee Woofenden

5:57 PM

@TRiG I suppose. But it seems to me that Jews familiar with the Talmud would likely be more qualified to answer it. And in fact, it did receive some solid answers before it was closed as too broad.

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fredsbend

8:28 PM

@TRiG You always have an interesting perspective, so I'm wondering if you've seen this. There's been such a hubbub that one of the mods locked the whole thing and several meta posts have been made and a few chat rooms opened. But here in chat you can honestly tell me what you think.

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TRiG

10:33 PM

@fredsbend It's a legitimate question. No idea what the answer is.

That article makes a fair point. Your religion is no excuse for sexism. But all's fair: simply refuse to shake anyone's hand, rather than treating men and women differently. — TRiG Sep 29 '12 at 14:13

TRiG

10:43 PM

On the other hand, this is just weird:

A: How to tactfully circumvent opposite-gender handshake

Practice your fake sneeze. If I'm with my wife and a man sticks out their hand to her, I say "I'll take that" and shake their hand (even if I've already shaken their hand).