--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
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> Judy:
> > > That scripture quote is meaningless without context,
> > > Rick, as I've pointed out before.
> > > 
> Rick:
> > > I don't recall that he provided a context. Maybe it was
> > > a lecture about the effortless of TM, and he decided to
> > > introduce that quote.
> 
> *Of course* there was a context.  He didn't just sit
> there and suddenly come up with the quote and then
> start talking about something completely different.
> 
> "A lecture about the effortlessness of TM" is
> nowhere near adequate context to fathom the meaning
> of the quote.
> 
> Don't you know what "context" means?

>From the dictionary:

"context: the parts of a discourse that surround a word
or passage and can throw light on its meaning."


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