Ben Goren wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>
> > Richo wrote:
> >> Being a god is entirely a matter of belief.
> >>
> >> There is no concievable physical test for "godness" (divinity).
> >
> > That's the point: by using the above definitions, we get to the
> > point of where "god" is a meaningless phrase.
>
> It's exactly as meaningless as ``sweetheart,'' ``worst enemy,''
> ``lovable hunk,'' and countless more.
One other remark about this part. If you said "I have a tree in my yard"
I'd think of a woody plant standing over 5-6' tall. So there'd be very
little confusion with this word, even if I might picture a pine tree
when it's actually an apple tree. With any of the above words, we still
have a (somewhat) objective definition for them and an idea of what
someone else means when they use the word ("Sweetheart: someone who is
held in adoration by another." "Worse enemy: someone who is hated
immensely by another." Etc.) If you said "John is my worse enemy" I'd
still have some idea of what you meant by that, even if I hadn't watched
you to see if there really is that animosity between you. If you said
"go tell my sweetheart I love her" and there was a dog, a lady, a sofa
and a rock in the other room, I'd probably go tell that to the lady
(although you might have meant the dog.) But if you said "I have a god
in my pocket" then I'd have NO idea what you were referring to and if
you asked me to hand you the god that's laying on the table, all I could
do is stare at you in complete puzzlement (unless you had already
pointed out that you claim the screwdriver is a god.)
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