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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: After henotheism - case for a new word BranShea #168777 06/19/07 05:59 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX M Myridon addict Myridon addict M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX [quote=BranShea " The worship of many Hummingbirds without denying the existence of other Hummingbirds" - What would that really say? Can you really call that a definition? It seems limp somehow.[/quote] It means I worship the Hyacinth Visorbearer and the Long-Billed Hermit without denying the existence of all the rest of these :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hummingbirds Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: After henotheism - case for a new word themilum #168788 06/20/07 03:46 PM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4 St Albans, England D derSrik OP stranger OP derSrik stranger D Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4 St Albans, England BranShea wrote: > " The worship of many Hummingbirds without denying the existence of other Hummingbirds" In this hypothetical situation, a hummingbird is evidently a God (as it is being worshipped). themilum wrote: > A word which underscores a great tolerance for the stupid, wild, and crazy beliefs of other people's gods. That reminds me of the Devil's Dictionary's definition of scriptute: SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based. Back to BranShea's principal objection: > The second part of it seems to be irrelevant. Well, I believe that when most religions say "this is God", they mean that their next-door neighbour's second cousin is not God. Sometimes, they are specific, "this is the one true God, and there are no other Gods". However, some religions are happy (or perhaps they don't care) to have other Gods - not to be worshipped (this distinguishes the word I seek from the secondary meaning of pantheism), but to be tolerated. > (This is about language, not religion) True. It is about words used to describe types of religions. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,809 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,031 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,851 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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