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 Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:56 pm |
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Are words associated with meaning or are they purely arbitrary? Logic
suggests they are arbitrary but certain words, mostly proper names,
seem inextricably associated with their meaning, case in point Satan
and Holy Ghost +
I asked a priest if the Devil could call himself the Holy Ghost and he
refused to say no. This suggests that maybe words, even proper names
are arbitrary. Latin speakers may have heard the expression "Nomen
Omen." which is translated to "Names have meaning."
Supposedly, if words were always associated precisely with their
meaning there would be no way of testing human being's faith in God.
Following Jesus would be just a matter of following simple rules.
Because there is evidence of ample amounts of arbitrariness, we are
left with a huge puzzle.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:41 pm |
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On Jun 23, 1:56 pm, C3 <C35... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
Quote: Are words associated with meaning or are they purely arbitrary? Logic
suggests they are arbitrary but certain words, mostly proper names,
seem inextricably associated with their meaning, case in point Satan
and Holy Ghost +
I asked a priest if the Devil could call himself the Holy Ghost and he
refused to say no. This suggests that maybe words, even proper names
are arbitrary. Latin speakers may have heard the expression "Nomen
Omen." which is translated to "Names have meaning."
Supposedly, if words were always associated precisely with their
meaning there would be no way of testing human being's faith in God.
Following Jesus would be just a matter of following simple rules.
Because there is evidence of ample amounts of arbitrariness, we are
left with a huge puzzle.
C3
There is a parallel here.
Light 'illuminates' what we are looking at, but what we look at is not
necessarily an accurate perception. It is limited by the visual
receptivity, not only on a physiological , but also a psychological
level.
You can look at a gold nugget for eammple, and it has meaning on both
levels.
Same with words. Take the word love for instance. Has about as many
interpretations as one can imagine. Is what you hear, what you get?
Again limited by ones receptivity.
Remember the old reference regarding "those that have eyes to see, and
ears to hear"?.
Pythagoras provided us with a 'code breaker' regarding the subtle
meaning of words, which was based on the understanding of the
'vibrational uniqueness' of each word.
Paradoxically, we are at a time where our language is the most
ambiguous in history. All the more reason to 'find out' for to not
"use the ears to hear", the discomfort becomes greater.
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