• BranBucket@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Why would the answer be no? Who cares if you smoke while doing a cartwheel? Who said the priest would forbid such a thing?

    In both situations, a man is asking about the propriety of praying while inhaling the smoke from a cigarette. That’s vital information.

    The information does matter to the smoker and the priest. We’re not teasting these statements for validity and we’re not making our own judgements. We’re examining why the priest’s answer might have changed. That’s all.

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      12 hours ago

      Who said the priest would forbid such a thing?

      …The priest? I don’t understand the question.

      We’re examining why the priest’s answer might have changed.

      The priests answer changes because the question changes, as I’ve outlined above.

      • BranBucket@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        The question, in both cases, involves smoking while praying. The priest never looks at, or gives a judgement on smoking in general, there’s no reason to assume the priest would forbid smoking in other circumstances.

        The question does change, but not as fundamentally as you’re claiming it does. The information presented in both questions remains the same, only the word order changes, which changes how the priest perceives that information.

        Anyway, good luck out there. =)