Interpreter Takes Aim at Givens, Hardy, and Mason

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Absent means not dead.

It literally doesn't mean that. At all. Not even close. What's wrong with you?

- Doc

[_zerinus]

Absent means not dead. Dead and absent don't mean the same thing.

So, can you be dead AND present simultaneously?

If you are dead, you are neither absent nor present, you are dead. There is a difference between being absent and being dead.

[_I have a question]

Absent means not dead. Dead and absent don't mean the same thing.

So, can you be dead AND present simultaneously?

If you are dead, you are neither absent nor present, you are dead. There is a difference between being absent and being dead.

I'll take that as a "No, you cannot be simultaneously dead and present".

What is the difference(s), specifically, between not being in a place because you are absent from it, and not being there because you're dead?

[Guest]

Absent means not dead.

It literally doesn't mean that. At all. Not even close. What's wrong with you?

- Doc

Absent means could be present, but is not. Dead means, well, dead!

[_zerinus]

What is the difference(s), specifically, between not being in a place because you are absent from it, and not being there because you're dead?

Absent means that you could be present, but you are not.
Dead means more than you couldn't be present. It means that you are dead!

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Absent means could be present, but is not.

It literally doesn't mean that. Literally. Seriously. What's wrong with you?

- Doc

[_I have a question]

What is the difference(s), specifically, between not being in a place because you are absent from it, and not being there because you're dead?

Absent means that you could be present, but you are not.
Dead means more than you couldn't be present. It means that you are dead!

So the deceased Moroni couldn't be present to instruct Joseph Smith where the plates were....

[_consiglieri]

Absent means could be present, but is not. Dead means, well, dead!

Phillipians 1: 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

Even the Bible doesn't support your argument.

[_zerinus]

Even the Bible doesn't support your argument.

How? I don’t see that it does.

[_consiglieri]

Color me surprised.