11-14-2020, 10:22 AM
"All who are stoned [by the court] must [afterwards] be hanged..."
If someone is stoned to death, he must be hanged. That's what I said. Then you called it into question. I don't know why you don't just say what you think instead of trying to pull someone along into some way of thinking.
There's a problem with your initial logic, since you are implying that the if statement and then then statement of a conditional can be exchanged.
"If I am sick, I take medication." This does not mean that the same thing as "If I take medication, I am sick." Some people are perfectly healthy and they take medication to maintain their good health.
"If I get rich, I will retire from my job." This doesn't mean the same thing as "If I retire from my job, I will get rich." I might retired from my job because I reached the age of retirement, but I may not have the money that I had hoped to have at that age.
"If someone is stoned, he must be hanged." This doesn't mean the same thing as "If someone is hanged, he was stoned." It also doesn't mean the same thing as "If someone is put to death in any other way, he must be hanged."
I don't know what you're trying to say, and to ask what one text means, receive an answer, cast down, quote another text, and keep moving from fence post to fence post is just frustrating. What are you asking? What do you want to imply by those questions? What are you ultimately trying to get at?
If someone is stoned to death, he must be hanged. That's what I said. Then you called it into question. I don't know why you don't just say what you think instead of trying to pull someone along into some way of thinking.
There's a problem with your initial logic, since you are implying that the if statement and then then statement of a conditional can be exchanged.
"If I am sick, I take medication." This does not mean that the same thing as "If I take medication, I am sick." Some people are perfectly healthy and they take medication to maintain their good health.
"If I get rich, I will retire from my job." This doesn't mean the same thing as "If I retire from my job, I will get rich." I might retired from my job because I reached the age of retirement, but I may not have the money that I had hoped to have at that age.
"If someone is stoned, he must be hanged." This doesn't mean the same thing as "If someone is hanged, he was stoned." It also doesn't mean the same thing as "If someone is put to death in any other way, he must be hanged."
I don't know what you're trying to say, and to ask what one text means, receive an answer, cast down, quote another text, and keep moving from fence post to fence post is just frustrating. What are you asking? What do you want to imply by those questions? What are you ultimately trying to get at?