Hi Richard Ruquist That could be so. But Wittgenstein and others believed that the meaning of a word is established through usage.
[Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] 1/9/2013 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Richard Ruquist Receiver: everything-list Time: 2013-01-08, 11:37:47 Subject: Re: Whoever invented the word "God" invented atheism. that reminds me that we do not really know what a word means until we understand what the opposite stands for. a sorta duality that math may be based on that may even be the basis of existence of how something can come from nothing. RR a semantic toe On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Bruno Marchal > > Whoever invented the word "God" invented atheism. > > [Roger Clough], [rclo...@verizon.net] > 1/8/2013 > "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." - Woody Allen > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > From: Bruno Marchal > Receiver: everything-list > Time: 2013-01-08, 09:52:18 > Subject: Re: Science is a religion by itself. > > > > > On 07 Jan 2013, at 19:47, John Clark wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 wrote: > > > >> Consider God, a word for Mind > > OK, I have a mind therefore I am God. > > I said it before I'll say it again, for some strange reason that is unknown > to me many people are willing to abandon the idea of God but not the word > G-O-D. Those letters and in that sequence (DOG just will not do) MUST be > preserved and it doesn't matter what it means. > > > > GOD means the reality in which you believe. It is, imo, a bit more neutral > than "Universe", which is the third Aristotelian God, and which does not > belong to what constitutes the "being" for the Platonist. Since about 1500 > years, the term "God" has acquired many christian cultural colors, but there > is no reason to identify God with the God-father of Christian "theory". God > has no name, in many theologies, so all terms to designate it can only be a > fuzzy pointer. Tao is not bad, as it has many similar qualities than the > abramanic god, but with a less "person" feature. I use the term God to > designate whatever transcend us and is responsible for our existence. With > comp, I am open to the idea that (arithmetical) truth can play that role, and > this is exploited in the arithmetical interpretation of Plotinus > 'neoplatonism'. > > > Bruno > > > > > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
