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Old 04-02-2011, 05:33 PM   #29280
Bilbo1967
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I think this is one case where the indefinite pronoun would have helped. I don't think the pronouns were intended to refer to you, kennyc, except for the first one.

I think the meaning intended was

"It is, but not necessarily in the way you think. The theology of one's religion specifies what one believes. The culture in which one is raised influences how one expresses one's belief."
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
Very possibly. But even your edit above is still directed at the quoted passage it is replying to. (perhaps better to say "It is, but not necessarily in the way SOME PEOPLE think.....")

Thus my comment about taking care in phrasing, particularly when quoting someone.
Never mind that. What about the spices?
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