adjective "Christian"

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:22 PM -0500 3/14/05, Baker, John wrote:
>         McConnell probably takes the position that if it's in the
>Bible, it's Christian.  I don't know how guys like that justify not
>keeping kosher.
>

Or not getting circumcised, or wearing wool with linen, or ruling out
slavery,...

>-----Original Message-----
>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
>Of Laurence Horn
>Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 2:16 PM
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>Subject: Re: adjective "Christian"
>
>
>>          The reference is to Proverbs 13:24, which in the King James
>>Version reads "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that
>>loveth him chasteneth him betimes."
>
>Well, if the paddle had been termed a *Judeo-*Christian symbol...
>
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