Re: prove this statement with math?

Ο "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> έγραψε στο μήνυμα
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> Titus 1:12
> Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans are always liars, evil
> brutes, lazy gluttons."
>
> So Paul has a Cretan saying this, hence the paradox. Surely Paul was
> making a reference to this paradox, wasn't he? I have to admit that
> this is a shear guess on my part, and I have absolutely no evidence to
> back up this claim.

Yes, neither do I. The only reason I wrote this, was because my impression
was that Paul had much more serious things in his mind than playing word
games. In my mind it is simply a reference for laziness. I could never see
it as a reference to the Epimenides Paradox. It just doesn't fit for me.
Please feel free to disagree...

> Stephen
--
I. N. Galidakis
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/
Eventually, _everything_ is understandable

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